one month later- where ya at??

[Dirtybird11]

still feels like a bad dream.
just wondering where everybodys state of mind is 30 days later.
* I'm still pissed & parinoid

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We may not always be right, but we ARE first ...kinda

[FezWad]

I would say so too..........

Who's got a little text under his name?I do! :-)

[Sunrisa]

i am still very sad. to be honest.
i love you NY more than ever!

I came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I am all out of bubblegum.

[TooCute]

I feel like I am mostly back
to normal again, except that I
seem to tear up all the time.
Passes quickly, but you know.

You know what bothers me? I
hate to say it, but the
millitant patriots who seem to
be everywhere telling me I
have to do this or I have to
do that or else I'm being
callous and that I'm an
example of the sad state that
America is in these days.

You know what? Go fuck
yourselves and don't tell me
how to express my emotions. I
grew up in Manhattan and have
been as affected as anyone who
didn't lose a family member or
close friend and I'll be
damned if someone's going to
tell me that I'm unAmerican
because I haven't put a flag
on my car.




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Thanks WWFallon, you rule!!

[Gvac]

I have a bunch of newspapers from the days following the attacks that I can't bring myself to throw away. One has a beautiful woman on the cover, and she is positively grief stricken, holding a picture of her fiancee, who is missing. I cry every time I see it, and yet I can't part with it.

I am still deeply wounded, and I think that I probably always shall be. I am also optimistic, though, that maybe people are beginning to realize just how magnificent a country it is that we all live in. I hope everyone can remember to feel the love and unity in better times, too.

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Thanks again, WWFallon. You are an American hero.

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[reeshy]

I know exactly how you feel, GVAC. I go to work everyday and do the same things and see the same people but everything is different. I see that in all my brothers at work. My partner says he's worried about because of a problem that I mentioned in another thread. He says that I'm changing and that he wants me to get help...guess I will.
But I'm not the only one going through changes. Almost everyone I talk to that has been involved in the WTC is exhibiting some form of depression and/or PTSD. Oh well, life must go on.
God bless us all.

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[HordeKing1]

Every reaction is normal and to be expected.

Here's a link to the DSM's criteria for a PTSD diagnosis. Note that a formal diagnosis can only be made by a qualified mental health practisioner. (Also note that many people will have some symptoms, but relatively few will have enough symptoms to qualify for a diagnosis.)

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-an06.html

http://members.aol.com/rnfpantera/hking2

[reeshy]

Unfortunatly Hordeking,

been there...done that. Had it for years...since the service.

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