My research paper on trauma is turning out to be rather traumatizing. I am finally caught up with everything that is do and still have half my paper to write. Before I started my research I knew that war has negative effects on the mentality of survivors. My Dad admits that he was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome on his return from Vietnam and I have friends from High School who after serving their tours in the Middle East did not seem quite the same, not all were changes for the worse but they were defiantly different. I find it scary how many of the returning Veterans are self destructing when they get home. Some unintentionally killing themselves via drug overdoses and alcohol poisoning while thousands commit suicide every year. It is upsetting that PTSD is the most common ailment among veterans yet the treatment for it seems to sill be lacking. This is not a new phenomenon either, it was a huge problem with Vietnam veterans and we even knew about it in WWI and WWII although it was known as shell shock then. These men and woman are risking their lives for us, I just hope that one day we will understand the human brain enough to be able to return the favor.
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