Understanding combat trauma years after Vietnam

As a Marine in Vietnam, Father Bob went through difficult combat experiences. He had flashbacks and nightmares for years, without understanding why. He tried to mask his problems by drinking. Eventually, he reached out to a Vet Center and connected with a counselor who taught him about PTSD. With support, he was able to turn things around.

[@dadskrej5226]

Twenty five years after returning from Vietnam, I wrote a poem. The poem was my therapy for my PTSD that was blossoming in my life at age 49. I told someone...I told ME. It helped me go on when all seemed black...the night terrors, the feeling if distrust in everyone around me, the startling sounds, the details of the events. It can be read at the Co. A, 227th AHB, 1st Cavalry website under 'stories'. It is titled "My Package". It helped me see that life goes on...with it or without it. Sure, I think about it nearly every day, BUT it doesn't hold me back much anymore. VN '69-70

[@WelkeJayson]

Thank you for sharing your experience sir

[@geertvanschaik7976]

Outragious how he was treated, especially when you know that troubles like he had were treated in and after WWI all over Europe. A country that sends men to war, but leave them untreated with their trauma's...? This man apparantly came out of it by hemzelf, but how many veterans can you see begging in the streets and being homeless? Something isn't right...