A.J. Bastian
New Here
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a terrible disease that is killing many of the men and women that are protecting our country. As many of you know, this can be dealt with, but only if it is caught in time and the person is willing to get the help. So I ask you, how can we help get more recognition and how can we convince the affected that it is not a sign of weakness?
For some reason most people effected by PTSD seem to believe there is some sort of stigma attached to it, that they will be seen as weak if they admit something is wrong. We have to convince them that this is not the case, and that there are people out there going through the same thing. There are many resources to help people deal with this, but most people do not know about them, especially those from the older wars such as Korea or Vietnam wars.
The veterans of older wars deserve the help they need too. Back in those days not much was known about PTSD so there was not much done about it. Now that we know more about this beast we can help save more lives. Too many people have had to live with this without help for way too long, in my opinion. They need to know that there are places they can go, there is monetary help for this if they need it.
Military OneSource is a great tool that everyone who has served in the past couple years knows about. But, the people who have served previously may not know about this. Military OneSource offers so much to our veterans, ranging anywhere from helping you locate the help you need to information about going back to school. They also will help your family get ready for your coming home, or help them better understand why you are acting the way you are, whether it be better or worse than before.
There are local VFW’s all over the nation, and they are willing to help. While it may not be the professional help you may need, there are many people there that have been through similar situations and can help. In my experience, veterans are always willing to lend an ear when you need to talk or be that shoulder you need to lean on when you are weak.
I want to send out a message to people to show them that they are not alone, and that there is help. But in order to do that I feel like we need to make this more of an issue to the general public. If you walked out into the street and asked a random person what they know about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder not many people will be able to answer. However, if you ask them about any other disease they will probably be able to offer at least a little bit of knowledge about it.
Why do people not know about this? People die every day from this but not many people know much about it and I want to change that, but I need everyone’s help with this one. There are many powerful social media networks we could use to get more information out there. Facebook has taken over so many peoples lives, some people check it every chance they get. So we could send out mass messages on that, or post a status update letting people know about this disease that takes out brothers and sisters away.
Forums like this are very important, they let us vent our problems and let us know that we are not alone. This forum has already helped me and I have not been on here that long, but we could do more for those that have been extremely affected and/or do not know about websites like this. We need to reach out and get them the help they deserve before it is too late. We cannot bring this war home with us, we need to leave it behind and live our lives to the fullest. Every combat veteran needs to know that they have our utmost respect and we are here for them for anything they need.
For some reason most people effected by PTSD seem to believe there is some sort of stigma attached to it, that they will be seen as weak if they admit something is wrong. We have to convince them that this is not the case, and that there are people out there going through the same thing. There are many resources to help people deal with this, but most people do not know about them, especially those from the older wars such as Korea or Vietnam wars.
The veterans of older wars deserve the help they need too. Back in those days not much was known about PTSD so there was not much done about it. Now that we know more about this beast we can help save more lives. Too many people have had to live with this without help for way too long, in my opinion. They need to know that there are places they can go, there is monetary help for this if they need it.
Military OneSource is a great tool that everyone who has served in the past couple years knows about. But, the people who have served previously may not know about this. Military OneSource offers so much to our veterans, ranging anywhere from helping you locate the help you need to information about going back to school. They also will help your family get ready for your coming home, or help them better understand why you are acting the way you are, whether it be better or worse than before.
There are local VFW’s all over the nation, and they are willing to help. While it may not be the professional help you may need, there are many people there that have been through similar situations and can help. In my experience, veterans are always willing to lend an ear when you need to talk or be that shoulder you need to lean on when you are weak.
I want to send out a message to people to show them that they are not alone, and that there is help. But in order to do that I feel like we need to make this more of an issue to the general public. If you walked out into the street and asked a random person what they know about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder not many people will be able to answer. However, if you ask them about any other disease they will probably be able to offer at least a little bit of knowledge about it.
Why do people not know about this? People die every day from this but not many people know much about it and I want to change that, but I need everyone’s help with this one. There are many powerful social media networks we could use to get more information out there. Facebook has taken over so many peoples lives, some people check it every chance they get. So we could send out mass messages on that, or post a status update letting people know about this disease that takes out brothers and sisters away.
Forums like this are very important, they let us vent our problems and let us know that we are not alone. This forum has already helped me and I have not been on here that long, but we could do more for those that have been extremely affected and/or do not know about websites like this. We need to reach out and get them the help they deserve before it is too late. We cannot bring this war home with us, we need to leave it behind and live our lives to the fullest. Every combat veteran needs to know that they have our utmost respect and we are here for them for anything they need.
