What are you guys doing to cope with PTSD?

I sing karaoke as part of what I do to cope. I don't drink or do recreational pharmaceuticals. I take my meds as prescribed and talk open and honestly with my VA providers.

Meds and VA psych.

As for strategies I use on my own: I got some basic guitar lessons and a guitar from Guitars 4 Vets almost 10 years ago - right now I've been going through Fender Play and Guitar Tricks to better learn how to play, learn some music theory, etc. I've found it's a great mindfulness exercise to focus on learning a riff or a song.

I'm also into nature therapy, and I'm an outings leader with the Sierra Club Military Outdoors program in my local Sierra Club chapter - I believe in the healing power of spending time outdoors and breathing fresh air, and can actually enjoy it when I can just walk in the woods and take in what's around me (unlike the time we spent in the woods when we were in the military). I also enjoy skiing, geocaching, and photography while I am spending time outdoors.

I could say get high,don’t work could say drink don’t work other drugs never tried, did talk to many people at the VA didn’t work so came up with my own plan, spent time with my wife,spent a lot of time building wooden model ships it works for me, I think the VA is out of touch with combat veterans.