Getting Started With The Rest of My Life

Hey y'all. Welcome to my blog! I graduated from the VA Stress Disorder Treatment Program in Topeka, Kansas, on Friday and I'm trying to give back. Hopefully, this will be a place to learn about coping with issues related to stress management, particularly with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Material presented here comes from a great many sources, but initially the bulk will come from the SDTP course.

SDTP is an intense, seven-week, inpatient program that is as close to a complete package as any I've seen. The staff consists of highly-trained and experienced professionals in a wide array of topics: Stress Management, Self-Esteem, Health & Nutrition, Relapse Prevention, etc.

In addition to the experts, I will be adding my own commentary and thoughts. I am not a Trauma or Stress professional, but I am a former journalist with a PTSD diagnosis.

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Please feel free to share your thoughts and insights, but please observe a few rules:

RESPECT everyone's opinions, regardless of how far out you think they are

NAME CALLING and insults will not be tolerated. You will receive -- if you're lucky -- only one warning.

THINK before you hit the key. Do you really want to say that?

CAREFULLY consider comments to or about others. Be constructive, not critical.

DEVELOP a really thick skin. Before you get angry at a comment, try it on for size!

TAKE WHAT you need and disregard the rest -- recovery is not a one-size-fits-all.

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Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter!

David