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I would go grocery shopping at night.

Mary C. Katie Weber, US Army 1993 - 1995, talks about how she knew she had PTSD.

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I would go grocery shopping at night.

Not two in the morning but I'd go at night

when my kids were asleep, safe, tucked in and I could just go

and have some peace and not be worried about being

in constant human contact.

It was a safe place for me to be in my head, so I thought.

And as I've sought treatment I've been able

to go the grocery store with my kids.

Usually it's only in an emergency.

I don't really choose to bring the little people with me

but they always want something.

[laughs] But I've been able, I can go to the swimming pool

with my kids and let them play.

I can go to the park and this is not like everyone else though.

I'm still not like everyone else.

And I think I have accepted that for me going

to one game is a start.

That's a big deal.

Going to the grocery store with the kids at the last minute

for an extra ingredients

to dinner is a big deal because I did it.

And once I have done it, the fear is gone and I'm able

to do it again and again and it just becomes a non-issue.

Should something happen while I'm doing that,

I'm now learning the tools to be able to cope with that.

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