What do you guys usually do?
Play guitar and sing. WE have harmonica players and bands come in, vets get free guitar lessons and a guitar. I try to learn guitar but sometimes itās too hard, theyāre very patient people and learning an instrument is a good way to stay busy and not think about the past trauma and lifestyle.
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That sounds like a lot of funā¦! I would love to learn how to play the guitar 
You have to remember I was a machine gunner and I jumped out of planes and helicopters to get to work. I didnāt expect the war it started when I was in basic. Itās been a very hard road having being harrassed and tortured by people inside my head that are real people in reality. Itās a mindscrew.
I canāt imagine how hard it is, you trully have my sympathy.
About voices being from real people, Iāve been there myself.
I also have PTSD from other kinds of abuses.
Thatās why Iām happy this site is here, Iāve never met another schizophrenic face to face. At least not one thatās been diagnosed by a doctor. Itās easier to hear other peopleās experiences and help each other battle this betrayal of our own minds.
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Yeah, me too.
I have to go now, hope youāre feeling better!
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hey hunni xx go to the ER xxxx
I think the worst case scenario would be if u gave up and let into them. I know itās easier said then done but try to back to ur healthy mind set asap because if u dwell it will only increase things. I know when Iāve been sick in the past I wish someone would have told me to take a step back instead of trying the fight the voices. - hope tomorrow is a better day!
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Sorry youāre going thru paranoia. Maybe talk to your doctor about it. When I am paranoid I go thru the worst possible scenario too, but yet Iām still here, Iām still alive. Like me I think and hope you will be ok. Be around people youāll feel safe around and keeping busy is a good idea.
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Been rebuilding my back yard shed so I can store motorcycles and mowers and what not. Just redid the rook last week we had to tear the whole thing off and replace it all, now weāre installing the floor after ripping out the wet moldy floor that went rotten. Whew, lots of work. Glad I donāt have to dig foxholes anymore you know?
I have found that it is totally useless to think of all kinds of conspiracies and other things like that. Years ago I used to sit in a dark room and record my thoughts on these matters, but then I discovered I rather enjoy a nice sunrise than sit and think all kinds of relations in this world. I have many notebooks to prove this my stupid behavior. Have not done that any more for many years. I rather go for a walk or ride my bicycle.
I can just think how it had been in the real war where you have been. I do have one experience to tell, it was March 2003 and I woke up to the words āSaddam is deadā and then I turned on my shortwave radio and learned that the first bombs had been dropped in Baghdad, Iraq, they were not able to get Saddam in the first strike, the war went to the hell in the summer of 2003 when the Saddamās resistance started fighting in real. And we all know what happened, the war lasted for many years. Sadly the situation is similar today in many parts of Iraq and Syria, the news I try not to watch.
Our government has alot to answer for I would like to add. I donāt have the same faith in my leaders as I had when I was serving.
I love tmbg ever since I was a kid!
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