PTSD is similar in both athletes and military veterans. Two different circumstances, two different types of people, yet their bodies react the same and can ultimately result in the same diagnosis. The thing that amazes me about this mental health condition is how the smallest things can trigger fight or flight responses that can make a veteran feel as if they were back on war grounds. Depending on what sport the athlete plays or what happened before that explosion, you will keep reliving that moment where your body no longer functioned the way it should’ve. You will remember things like: different smells, what all you did that day leading up to the accident, people you communicated with and much more. According to Robert Andrews, “We teach
