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MY PTSD

PTSD ANXIETY DISORDER RELIVING TRAUMA 
IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU LOVE IS IN CRISIS 
REACH OUT MANY PEOPLE WITH PTSD SUFFER 
IN SILENCE I DID FOR YEARS ONLY A PSCHIATRIST 
CAN ACTUALLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREAT POST 
TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER I AM VERY 
BLESSED MY TREATMENT BEGAN 1999 I  
HAVE BEEN IN CONTINUOUS ONGOING 

CARE REALIZING MY TRIGGERS BEING 
ISOLATED EXPERIENCING TRAUMATIC 
BRAIN INJURY LEFT ME TOTALLY LOST 
DUE TO THE DEPRESSIVE DISORDER OVER 
LAPPING THE PTSD THANK GOD FOR MY 
NEUROLOGISTS TREATING MY TRAUMATIC 
HEADACHES I FEEL TRULY BLESSED BECAUSE 
I SUFFERED IN SILENCE TOTALLY ASHAMED 

OF MY ILLNESSES TODAY THERE IS SO MUCH 
MEDICAL TREATMENT AVAILABLE THERAPISTS 
MEDICATION MANAGEMENT THIS IS VERY 
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS KEEP SO MANY 
PEOPLE FROM SELF MEDICATING MENTAL ILLNESS 
SADLY MANY VETERANS ARE LOST SELF 
MEDICATING BEING MISDIAGNOSED JUDGED 
GIVEN MISTREATMENT LEADING DOWN A 

DOWNWARD SPIRAL CYCLE WITH THAT BEING SAID 
REACH OUT GET HELP FROM A LICENSED 
PSCHIATRIST NOT JUST ANY DOCTOR NO ONLY 
A PROFESSIONAL PSCHIATRIST I'M SPEAKING 
OUT BECAUSE THE ANNIVERSARY OF A MURDER 
CARRIED OUT IN FRONT OF ME 8-14-2003 JAMAICAN 
DRUG LORDS JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY 
ARRIVED WITH HER GUNMAN RASTA YAGO TO 

ASSASINATE ME FOR WEARING WIRES PREGNANT 
FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS 
FEARING MY SAFETY I CONTACTED THE FBI 
IT WAS TOO LATE THEN KILLERS ARRIVED 
I AM BLESSED I SURVIVED BUT THE TORMENT 
OF RELIVING THIS TRAUMATIC EVENT HAS 
BEGUN I CAN'T GO NEAR THE STREET THE 
BLOCK NO WHERE NEAR WHERE THE EVENT 

HAPPENED FIRE CRACKERS CAR BACK FIRING 
LOUD COMMOTION I AM COMPLETELY STARTLED 
I COULD STILL SMELL THAT DAY IF I SEE A TAHOE 
TRUCK OR A HYUNDAI MY HEART RACES FUNNY 
I SMELL HIS BLOOD AND THE SUN RAYS 
HEATING HIS SWEAT HIM LAYING THERE 
BLEEDING OUT JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON 
HENRY AND TONI YELLING KILL HER SHE'S 

THE RAT FROM UP NORTH SETTING YALL UP 
THE GUNMEN RUSHING AROUND SAVING 
MY LIFE TAKING DOWN MY ASSASIN IN 
THE NICK OF TIME I AM BLESSED I HAVE 
A WONDERFUL PSCHIATRISTS FOR MANY 
YEARS WHO TOTALLY UNDERSTAND MY 
NEEDS ALTHOUGH MY EXPERIENCE IS SO 
VERY FRAGILE I  HAVE NEVER EVER MET 

ANYONE WHO WORE WIRES PREGNANT 
BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FOR THE 
FBI SO I FEEL ALONE ISOLATED CROWDS 
STRANGERS ARE FRIGHTENING TO ME 
I HAVE GOD MY CHURCH FAMILY THIS 
MEMORY NEVER LEAVES ME THIS IS MY 
PTSD WEARING WIRES PREGNANT HEARING 
MY FETUS HEART BEATS SO LOUDLY SEVERE 

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PTSD TRIGGERS ANXIETY 
PANIC ATTACKS THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU'VE 
HAD SEVERAL TRAUMATIC EVENTS LEADING 
TO A WHIRLPOOL OF PANTING AFTERWARDS 
SOMETIMES I CRY THIS SADDENS ME I STAY 
ON MY MEDS I PRAY THE ROSARY RELAX 
BREATHE READ WRITE HAVE A CUP OF TEA 
AND SURVIVE TRAUMATIC EVENTS COPING 
HEALING I LOVE ME 

GOD BLESS THE MILITARY 
ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART 
GOD BLESS MY PURPLE HEART FAMILY 
GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

HAVE A VERY BLESSED MILITARY ORDER 
OF THE PURPLE HEART DAY.
8-7-2024

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Date: 8/11/2024 4:14:00 PM
wow, it's easy to see how you would be traumatized. Have you tried ketamine treatments? I hear it's really good for PTSD. Sadly, it did nothing to help my wacko nervous system.
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Yolanda Nicholsen
Date: 8/16/2024 5:07:00 AM
Thank you for your compassion I will look into ketamine treatments thanks again many blessings.
Date: 8/7/2024 10:38:00 PM
Information like this will help many. Take care of yourself. My wishes are with you.
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Yolanda Nicholsen
Date: 8/8/2024 7:52:00 AM
Thank you so much many blessings best wishes your way as well.
Date: 8/7/2024 11:26:00 AM
Your poems are always a wonderful enlightenment. Thanks for sharing your purple heart.
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Yolanda Nicholsen
Date: 8/8/2024 7:53:00 AM
Thank you for your kindness many blessings to you.
Date: 8/7/2024 12:28:00 AM
Hugs I have been there. Hugs I am sorry to say my eyes couldn’t follow or stay focused on your text written this way. Charge it to my head and attention deficit disorder but not my heart!
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Yolanda Nicholsen
Date: 8/7/2024 2:09:00 AM
Sending hugs thanks for your compassion and kindness many blessings to you Karen

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