An introduction to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Stories From PTSD Sufferers and Their Families. I could have been the poster child for PTSD (U.S. Air Force) ; Part of him just didn't come home (U.S. Army spouse) ; Living with PTSD has become a bearable reality (Royal Canadian Army) ; I look at life differently now (German Army) ; A part of me died that night (U.S. Army) ; I believed I did not have a problem (Royal Australian Air Force/Army) ; He thought I was telling him he was crazy (U.S. Army spouse) ; I'll never be what I was before (Royal Canadian Navy)
People ask me where my smile went (U.S. Marine Corps) ; We walked around on eggshells (Royal Canadian Army Girlfriend) ; My life has been ruined (Royal Australian Air Force) ; Many thought his PTSD was bullshit (Royal Australian Air Force spouse of the above) ; At some point the soul forms a shield (German Army) ; I long to be who I was (U.S. Army) ; I had planned to have myself shot (Royal Canadian Army) ; Every day is a struggle (U.S. Navy/Army spouse) ; Behind locked doors and with a barbed wire over the fence (Royal Australian Army) ; I am learning not to take it personally when he pushes me away (U.S. Army spouse) ; I attempted nine suicides (Royal Canadian Army) ; I was certain I was going crazy (U.S. Navy) ; One owns up to it relatively late (German Army) ; PTSD has totally robbed me of the man I married (Royal Canadian Army spouse) ; I feel guilty for everything (U.S. Army) ; For me, the war is still on (German Army) ; Nothing will ever be the same (U.S. Army) ; I'm looking forward to my future (Royal Canadian Army) ; All I want is acceptance (U.S. Army) ; I want people to know that there is hope (U.S. Army spouse of the above) ; It was always my fault (Royal Canadian Army spouse) ; I have made my peace with it (Royal Canadian Navy) ; Scars and memories will remain in my soul (German Army) ; You think you are the only one (Royal Canadian Army).
