The Truth About Post Traumatic Stress Disorder & Our Veterans

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGdWf1GsRrc[/youtube] [powerpress] PTSD veterans and the Wounded Warriors Project. What is PTSD and how the Wounded Warriors Project helps soldiers recover.  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.  Many people who go through traumatic events have difficulty adjusting and coping for a while, but they don’t have PTSD — Read More

Soldier Recovers After Losing His Legs in the Iraq War

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhxuIQ6hmYE&index=1&list=PLQIikebAPmLVG5K5SiFWKd8p62FwKQ2KE[/youtube] [powerpress] Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Veteran tells his inspiring recovery story.   Dan Nevins, a retired Staff Sergeant in the United States Army tells the gripping, emotional, and inspiring story of a fateful day in Iraq that left him deathly wounded. Eventually he would have both legs amputated to save his life.  It was November 10, 2004, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated beneath the vehicle in which he was a passenger on an early morning combat Read More