Posted on Oct 18, 2016
Generations of PTSD: Veterans Cope in Different Ways
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RP Members and Connections that are close to PTSD this is a very good article on coping. Please pass it on to others that you know are suffering from PTSD and their famility members.
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Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, Jamie Locastro heard the sharp patter of bullets raining above him in the Korengal Valley.
A month earlier, Jamie trained with his 120-man brigade, getting used to the humidity and 120-degree weather. He joined the infantry to be like his father, Tommy.
His brother, Gabriel, enlisted with the infantry six months before him and had been deployed to Iraq near the same time.
He and his comrades were excited after finishing a mission, called Mountain Lion, but once they reached the Korengal Valley — which had only one way in, one way out — the exhilaration turned to terror.
Jamie ducked and fell to the ground as the bullets whizzed past him, kicking up sand.
Blinded by shock, Jamie disregarded that he had been shot five times, three times in the arm, twice in the leg. He didn't notice the blood dripping down his arm as his comrades began dropping around him.
He jumped up, ran over to the medic to get his hand wrapped and began firing blindly at the mountains, cursing and screaming.
"I went crazy," he said. "I lost control."
Once he got back to a hospital in New York, Jamie was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder immediately. The doctors told him he had a "severe case," while he babbled about "off the wall stuff."
His father had been diagnosed with PTSD after being shot three times in back-to-back tours in Vietnam. While Gabriel was in Iraq, he was wounded, and would later be diagnosed with PTSD as well.
According to ptsdusa.org, one in three returning troops are diagnosed with serious post-traumatic stress symptoms. A study from the National Comorbidity Survey showed that PTSD was significantly associated with suicidal ideation or attempt.
Between 1999 and 2010, roughly 22 veterans were committing suicide per day, one every 65 minutes — a statistic important not to forget during National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. (Check out the rest through the link above)
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(Here is a portion of the article)
Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, Jamie Locastro heard the sharp patter of bullets raining above him in the Korengal Valley.
A month earlier, Jamie trained with his 120-man brigade, getting used to the humidity and 120-degree weather. He joined the infantry to be like his father, Tommy.
His brother, Gabriel, enlisted with the infantry six months before him and had been deployed to Iraq near the same time.
He and his comrades were excited after finishing a mission, called Mountain Lion, but once they reached the Korengal Valley — which had only one way in, one way out — the exhilaration turned to terror.
Jamie ducked and fell to the ground as the bullets whizzed past him, kicking up sand.
Blinded by shock, Jamie disregarded that he had been shot five times, three times in the arm, twice in the leg. He didn't notice the blood dripping down his arm as his comrades began dropping around him.
He jumped up, ran over to the medic to get his hand wrapped and began firing blindly at the mountains, cursing and screaming.
"I went crazy," he said. "I lost control."
Once he got back to a hospital in New York, Jamie was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder immediately. The doctors told him he had a "severe case," while he babbled about "off the wall stuff."
His father had been diagnosed with PTSD after being shot three times in back-to-back tours in Vietnam. While Gabriel was in Iraq, he was wounded, and would later be diagnosed with PTSD as well.
According to ptsdusa.org, one in three returning troops are diagnosed with serious post-traumatic stress symptoms. A study from the National Comorbidity Survey showed that PTSD was significantly associated with suicidal ideation or attempt.
Between 1999 and 2010, roughly 22 veterans were committing suicide per day, one every 65 minutes — a statistic important not to forget during National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. (Check out the rest through the link above)
Please feel to reach out and connect with me as well with Sponsor a Vet Life
Here is a link on RP to our Group Page for more information, please “follow” our page:
https://www.rallypoint.com/organizations/sponsor-a-vet-life-virtual-world-solutions-d-b-a-sponsor-a-vet-life-wharton-nj
Thanks,
Mikel J. Burroughs
Colonel (Ret)
President
Sponsor A Vet Life &
VP of Marketing @ Virtual Towns, LLC. D/B/A Virtual World Solutions
Opening the Door to 3D Interactive, Immersive
Virtual Collaboration Solutions
T: [login to see]
Email: [login to see]
Skype: mikel.burroughs
Twitter: @COLSponsoraVet
Website: http://www.sponsoravet.life
Generations of PTSD: Veterans Cope in Different Ways
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Folks, PTSD can be a bitch, and can hit you blind side, like a defensive lineman sacking the quarterback, and is very slow to get back up. I highly recommend you to check out the website, http://www.activeheroes.org . This website is great, and is stationed out of Kentucky. Also, there is online courses of becoming a Peer Mentor. In addition, there is a GPS to help you identify where other Peer
Mentors are located across the USA by calling, texting, or emailing. Quick access to services and support. I have taken the online course, and have become a Certified Peer Mentor. Since our current government, administration is not doing enough for our Veterans. WE the Veterans, need to help our own. In addition, look into getting an Assistance Dog. I am in the beginning stages of getting an Assistance Dog to help me reintegrate back into the community. I do not want my children to miss out of all the opportunities in life. I do not want my demon to hold them back. So, I challenge
ALL Veterans to become a Peer Mentor to greatly decrease suicide prevention.
Mentors are located across the USA by calling, texting, or emailing. Quick access to services and support. I have taken the online course, and have become a Certified Peer Mentor. Since our current government, administration is not doing enough for our Veterans. WE the Veterans, need to help our own. In addition, look into getting an Assistance Dog. I am in the beginning stages of getting an Assistance Dog to help me reintegrate back into the community. I do not want my children to miss out of all the opportunities in life. I do not want my demon to hold them back. So, I challenge
ALL Veterans to become a Peer Mentor to greatly decrease suicide prevention.
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