After a traumatic experience, it is normal to feel frightened, sad, anxious, and disconnected.
The word “disconnected” plays a huge part for anyone experiencing a traumatic event, as it removes the individual from all aspects of living a normal life for a period of time. But if the upset doesn’t fade and one feels stuck with a constant sense of danger and painful memories, they may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It can seem as though they will never get over what happened or feel normal again.
It is hard for us to comprehend waking up each day in a hostile country, putting our life on the line to protect people from terrorists who have no fear and no conscience about planning and conducting mass murder. It is harder still to imagine how it feels to be at the heart of a bomb explosion – or to be shot by snipers – or to be the target of a single man or woman whose mission is … to be a human bomb.
Sadly, many soldier’s lives are lost. But of equal importance are the lives of those veterans that are changed forever in the blink of an eye by severe wounds, life changing amputations, painful surgeries and often followed by the emotional scars of war – PTSD. I know this because my father and brother suffered from PTSD. My ex-husband, a Vietnam veteran suffered for many years and did not get help until 2007, twenty years after our divorce. He is doing well today and the positive change and healing is felt throughout the family.
But by seeking treatment, reaching out for support, and developing new coping skills, it is possible to cope &/or overcome PTSD and move on with life.
WAR changes the soldier. It changes their family too. If you or a family member is a veteran suffering from PTSD, there are organizations that can help with individual and family counseling and other services as well. You are not alone.
If you need assistance or wish to join forces and help build the resources to heal our soldiers today, reach out and visit Operation First Response @ www.operationfirstresponse.org. OFR has been helping America’s veteran soldiers since 2003. They have been acknowledged twice by the 101st Airborne Division and President George W. Bush for their gallant and continued efforts.
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