Unreal UH-1 Huey Jump - or was it?

[Pokinfun]

i'm getting better, i was a newt

I'm glad I just had some adjustment disorders. Dreams I have are merely dreams, not nightmares or anything. I did have issues with crowds and unexpected noises, but not anymore. The only real issue I have is I get scared of the dark, when I am alone. it mostly screws with me when I am hunting, walking back to the truck in the dark, I always feel like someone following me.

 

[lasher]

my nightmare was a getting overrun theme, same one every time, i'm in a fighting hole along with 2 others in holes on my left and right. we have unlimited ammo and shoot NVA but they don't die. the guys on my left and right are killed and i'm blasted to the back of my hole with my back against the dirt, look up and there is an NVA trooper there getting ready to shoot me, i wake up in a cold sweat and i know, just know, when the trooper finally fires and i don't wake up that will be my last nightmare and my daughter can have me burned up

 

[MacFromOK]

Sheesh, you guys are gonna give me nightmares.

Thanks again to all of you for your service.

Best wishes.

 

[D. Hargrove]

Nah Brother, the war can't take ya. You made it, that's why we have the "mares". Some will say conflict resolution is the key to ridding oneself of these nightmares. Others will tell you that the brain is trying to work things out. Still others may say that the "Mares" keep you ready to deal with stressful events in life. Others simply say it is the worst damn thing they can imagine and that is a fear they realize subconsciously at night in REM. Regardless my friend, you fought the war, came home and will never forget what you saw there. Your actions were necessary and an entire nation is grateful for what you had to do and did with Honor.

 

[druryj]

I'm glad I just had some adjustment disorders. Dreams I have are merely dreams, not nightmares or anything. I did have issues with crowds and unexpected noises, but not anymore. The only real issue I have is I get scared of the dark, when I am alone. it mostly screws with me when I am hunting, walking back to the truck in the dark, I always feel like someone following me.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Probably just a bear, maybe a wild boar...chupacabra. I'd just hope that if it were to attack, it's a quick over and done with thing. I'd hate to be slowly eaten to death by some carnivorous creature out there. Nah, it's probably nothing. Nothing to be wor


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[lasher]

or possibly a golum. when i was little i feared the dark, bad things happen during the dark, and i saw too many vampire movies, used to keep a glow in the dark plastic jesus nearby in case vlad dracul paid a visit

 

[TerryMiller]

Never was in combat, so I can't relate to what you guys are experiencing. However, for a long time, I also sat facing the door and being totally situation aware. Nowadays, it seems the wife thinks I don't have the right reflexes or something because she has taken to facing the door in restaurants. Maybe it's because I'm 71 and don't have the ability to get up fast.

As for nightmares, my worst is being in a situation of some kind and being totally naked. But, even those are diminishing. I guess even I don't want to see me naked.

 

[Elm Creek Smith]

I scared my wife one night when I shouted, "Cease fire, cease fire!" in the middle of the night. It took her a few minutes in my confusion from her shaking me awake to understand that I was dreaming about my tank's searchlight being shot off by "friendly fire." I haven't dreamed about that in years.


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[D. Hargrove]

I haven't dreamed about that in years.

That is in fact a blessing.

 

[tRidiot]

Never been in the military, but a few "sticky" situations in the field (during my EMS days) where rapid egress was necessary. I don't know if that contributes or just getting into guns and being more self-defense-aware over the last decade, but I know what you mean about the situational thing. I, too, try to sit with my back to the door at restaurants and such. The wife recognizes it and usually defers first to give me the door-facing seat at the booth. I'm not as vigilant about some of the other things you guys are, like fields of fire and such, although I do need to me more aware of exit potential as well as weapons of opportunity, cover and concealment.

Where do you guys find yourselves being most vigilant? Is there a type of place that gets your hackles up more than others? Just curious... for me, sadly, it is church. I carry in my vehicle nearly 100% of the time, on my person maybe 50% when not at work. But at church or the movie theater, it is 100% of the time, all the time. I'm not sure why that is, really....