Military service members who are and have been deployed to the middle east show high levels of emotional distress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Both active duty and reserve component soldiers who have experienced combat have been exposed to high levels of traumatic stress. Consequently, many have gone on to develop a wide range of mental health problems such as PTSD. Common symptoms include: emotional numbing, anxiety, feelings of guilt, and depression. PTSD has always been an issue especially with those that have experienced sexual assault, a traumatic accident or injury, being a prisoner of war, or participated in combat. Sadly, ever since the Iraq war, PTSD has been becoming even more widespread. Soldiers have been diagnosed with chronic PTSD and the medication has not …show more content…
For all too many veterans, returning from military service means coping with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some may be having a hard time readjusting to life out of the military. Or they may constantly feel on edge, emotionally numb and disconnected, or close to panicking or exploding. But no matter how long the V.A. wait times, or how isolated or emotionally cut off from others they feel, it’s important to know that they’re not alone and there are plenty of things one can do to start feeling better. Their definition of this disorder is, “Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sometimes known as shell shock or combat stress, occurs after you experience severe trauma or a life-threatening event.”. Which is true because it is normal for people suffering from this disorder to experience such things as their mind and body to be in shock after such an event, but this normal response becomes PTSD when your nervous system gets