CTSD (Continuous Traumatic Stress Disorder) .... One of the side effects from my terminal illness .... There is no way in hell I could avoid it .... Few years of dealing with my own impending morality ... That one ... I sorta have a handle on now ..... Not easy , but understood. But the others ..... All those we have walked the same path together and become so extraordinarily close to and then lost..... damn it hurts .... And hurts with the knowledge that it 's not go nna stop .... this ongoing loss .... There are reasons why I insist on embracing the battle metaphor. With such a deadly illness , Surviving really is a battle and I have been in active duty for far too long now . On the front lines against an enemy that shows no mercy . A relentless , nihilistic , savage foe ! Frustrated .... but with the knowledge that I have no option but to keep fighting . Even on days like today when I want nothing more than to have someone hold ...