Why I chose this topic I chose to research Post Traumatic Stress Disorder because I have personal experience about the subject. While doing this study I had to question myself multiple times on my opinions about war and military actions. I have always known that war is something that will always be happening, and I am aware that killing is the number 1 thing that happens during war, on both sides, but seeing people die, and not being able to help them, is a leading cause of PTSD in military personnel. If almost 49% of the people deployed into war come back with PTSD (Melinda Smith, M.A. September 2014), why are people still supporting such a terrible thing?
Introduction to PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder that begins to develop after exposure to a terrifying event in which severe physical harm occurred or was subject to occurring. Some events that may result in such an illness, include, but are not limited to, near-death experiences, military action, and/or watching tragedies unfold before your eyes and not being able to help. The sub-topic will be …show more content…
Like it was said before, I know that war will never stop, and that it does keep our country safe, but how many sacrifices do these men and women need to make before it 's enough? PTSD is vastly challenging and the people who do overcome this should be an inspiration to all, that it 's okay to accept help. Living with PTSD, or having a loved one have PTSD, would be life changing and there 's so much hope that once more research is gathered and more people come forward, a cure will be found that could be easily accessed so that not as many people are suffering each day from this debilitating
Introduction to PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder that begins to develop after exposure to a terrifying event in which severe physical harm occurred or was subject to occurring. Some events that may result in such an illness, include, but are not limited to, near-death experiences, military action, and/or watching tragedies unfold before your eyes and not being able to help. The sub-topic will be …show more content…
Like it was said before, I know that war will never stop, and that it does keep our country safe, but how many sacrifices do these men and women need to make before it 's enough? PTSD is vastly challenging and the people who do overcome this should be an inspiration to all, that it 's okay to accept help. Living with PTSD, or having a loved one have PTSD, would be life changing and there 's so much hope that once more research is gathered and more people come forward, a cure will be found that could be easily accessed so that not as many people are suffering each day from this debilitating