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PTSD WOUNDED WARRIOR

THE CLEAR NOTION OF WHAT WE BELIEVE WHAT IS REAL WHAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU WHAT BECKONS YOUR THOUGHT YOUR ABILITY TO COME PANIC ATTACKS AND FEAR TO BE BOTTLED UP IN A MENTAL PRESSURE COOKER THE TIMER TICKING YOUR RECEPTORS ARE WAY OFF PACING PACING POINTING CRYING CONTIPLATING SUICIDE WHEN THE DARK PLACE BEGANS TO PULL YOU BACK THERE WHERE YOU CRAWLED FROM WOUNDED DEEP WITHIN THE UNKNOWN JUNGLES YOU HEAR THE ENVIORMENT REPLACED WITH TRAUMA PENT UP ADRENALINE RUSH MIGHTY FORCES TAKE YOU ON A MENTAL CHEMICAL IMBALANCE JOURNEY SHIFTING YOUR THINKING SKILLS CLOUDING YOUR JUDGEMENT REACHING FOR SANITY AS IT FADES INTO A FULL BLOWN MELT DOWN DIRECTED SOLELY TO WHAT WHO IS UNFORTUNATELY STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU AT THAT MOMENT PACING NIGHTMARES NIGHT SWEATS THE SCENT OF WAR REMINDS ON YOUR BRAIN PANIC ATTACKS TASTING FEAR MAKING YOU DOUBT YOURSELF MAKING YOU FEEL INSECURE YOU MAKE YOUR INFALIBLE CHECK LIST I'M I IN DANGER DO I WANT TO HURT MYSELF DO I HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN OR MEANS TO TAKE MY OWN LIFE DO I HAVE A WEAPON YOU WANT SAFETY AN YET YOU ARE NOW CRAVING THAT ENERGY THE TRAUMATIC EVENTS STORED IN POCKETS OF THE ATTIC OF YOUR BRAIN TO CHALLENGE WHAT IS REAL YOU HAVE TO UNPACK IT YOU ARE NOW PLUNGED INTO PAST TRAUMATIC EVENTS SEVERE ANXIETY YOU FEEL THREATENED AND THERE IT IS THAT MENTAL BREAK THAT TEARS THE SOUL INTO LIVE OF DIE MODE BEING ONE AND THE SAME DEATH IS NOW EASY IT'S LIVING YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH TYRANY OF MENTAL ILLNESS PLAYED OUT IN A MEMORIC SYNPHONY AN UNFORGETTABLE TIME WHERE YOU WERE WOUNDED IN A WAR RESULTING IN POSTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SIMPLY PTSD

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