PTSD is a serious and sometimes deadly issue.

[Speedgoat]

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[TXBlkCld]

Bump for you Matt and thanks to all of you who do and have served. May God bless each and every one of you.

[PBFrijoles]

Great info to everyone. I know with myself and buddies there has never been an issue. But I can tell you first hand we've all snapped at our better halves or wives. It's always been minor things but we're always outside around the grill and all our beautiful women know when it's our time. Some people deal with it differently. All we want to do is get back into the fight. Being at Bragg I've seen 97% of people who claim PTSD are support. No disrespect at all.

[Burnadell]

43 years after serving as a doorgunner in Viet Nam, my brother suffers with it.

[Speedgoat]

Great info to everyone. I know with myself and buddies there has never been an issue. But I can tell you first hand we've all snapped at our better halves or wives. It's always been minor things but we're always outside around the grill and all our beautiful women know when it's our time. Some people deal with it differently. All we want to do is get back into the fight. Being at Bragg I've seen 97% of people who claim PTSD are support. No disrespect at all.

I agree, it affects combat support differently than it affects combat arms. I don't think that today's leaders show as much of an interest in their Soldier's and essentially overlook the calls or signs posted for help. NCO's and Officers used to know the names of Soldiers wives and children. It has not been that way for many years. I blame it on the fact that a large majority of the senior NCO leadership took the early out in the mid 90's and left the young, junior NCO's to fill those shoes before they were ready. There are many factors, but I wonder how many Squad Leaders and Platoon Sergeants actually maintain Leader's books and know who their Soldiers are.

[Deb]

Really sorry about what happened in your family. PTSD is an awful condition. Will keep y'all in our prayers.

[DeadeyeDeb]

It is important to know that this is not an issue only with military personnel. Anybody that has suffered a very stressful situation, whether directly or indirectly, such as:Child abuse, spousal abuse, rape, murder, robbery, witnessing the aforementioned scenarios, a car wreck, natural disaster or man made disaster, and many more, can suffer from PTSD. Add to some of these people chronic, clinical depression, bipolarism and other mental issues with that PTSD and without help in any of these scenarios, it is another disaster waiting to happen.
It is a very real and sometimes, most times, a very difficult problem to deal with. Especially for those going thru it and the ones that love them.

[Rakkasan2187]

Great info to everyone. I know with myself and buddies there has never been an issue. But I can tell you first hand we've all snapped at our better halves or wives. It's always been minor things but we're always outside around the grill and all our beautiful women know when it's our time. Some people deal with it differently. All we want to do is get back into the fight. Being at Bragg I've seen 97% of people who claim PTSD are support. No disrespect at all.

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