Coming Out of the Dark of Combat PTSD

Coming Out of the Dark of Combat PTSD
by Chaplain Kathie
Wounded Times Blog
August 28, 2012


Long before the VA took on telling veterans it takes strength and courage to ask for help, there was work already being done to get this message across to our veterans.

In 2006 I had a lot of videos up on YouTube that had to be moved in 2009 because of the music I used in the videos was being blocked. I moved them onto Great Americans.

2006 Coming Out of the Dark

In the video the message is clear that PTSD is not a sign of weakness no matter what the flawed Battlemind or "resiliency training" tells you. You could not train your brain to prevent it and you are not weak because you have it. All it means is that you went through very traumatic experiences with the ability to feel things more deeply than others. This is a wound to your soul/spirit and came because you were willing to do the hardest thing a person can do. Be willing to lay down your life for someone else. You cared about the men/women you were with so when they were killed or hurt, you felt it. You were ready to die for the sake of strangers you were sent to protect as much as you were prepared to die because of strangers wanting to kill you.

The notion that PTSD is a sign of weakness has blinded you to the fact that most of you will not allow yourselves to feel the pain while your unit is in danger. It is not until you've come back home where you are supposed to be safe that you allow that pain to be felt.

You can come out of the dark of PTSD and when you arrive on the other side, you are stronger and in a position to help others get out of their own darkness. It is within you to be of service to others and helping other people helps you heal.

Point Man International Ministries has been helping veterans come out of the dark since 1984. They have proven that you can heal with the right kind of help addressing your spiritual needs, helping you to know you are forgiven for whatever you feel you need forgiveness for, forgiving others and the hardest thing to be able to do, forgive yourself.

You don't have to watch your friends turn away from you, have your family abandon you or feel hopeless.

If the help you are already getting is not enough, then no one has been addressing the source of your wound. The whole veteran has to be treated before the hole in the veteran is healed. That means your mind, body and spirit.

If you are a Christian and believe that you are being judged for what you had to do, watch this video. All of us forget that wars have happened since man walked this earth and the Bible is filled with accounts of combat along with spiritual suffering. It also has an account of the Roman Centurion being treated with compassion from Christ.

One thing to keep in mind is what the Romans were doing at the time. If Christ had so much compassion for this Roman, how much compassion do you think He will have for you?

2008 PTSD is not God's Judgment

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