I attended the screening of Joe’s War, a movie about a soldier that returns from Afghanistan and develops post-traumatic stress disorder. This movie was very powerful and heartfelt, but overall gave the audience a great understanding of the disorder. Learning it in class was very helpful in comprehending the basics of PTSD but watching the disorder progress throughout the film offered a more inside perspective. We watched the main character go through horrible circumstances with war and interpersonal relationships and eventually take his own life. As tragic as the last scene was it did, however, portray a deep message, it showed that gravity of this specific disorder. What was also very interesting to see were the different stages of the mental
