Ptsd In The Military

According to The Nebraska Department of Veteran’s Affair, estimated 7.8 percent of Americans had experienced PTSD, also known Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is considered a psychiatric disorder and a mental health issue in the United States. They often develop depression, substance abuse, and anxiety. People that were diagnosed with PTSD had a serious accident, physical or sexual assaulted or a military combat. There three different symptoms, first symptoms is when you’re thinking about the trauma when you’re doing something, second symptoms staying away from a place or people that reminds you about your trauma, and third symptoms when you are feeling on guard. The Military states, that today military men and women are military veterans …show more content…
He was in the military for 8 years and did two tours Iraq and Afghanistan. After two years out of the service his PTSD got worse. He did seek help and got medications, but he declined to take it. Due to his own believe he didn’t believe medication would cure him. My ex-husband does not consider this a mental health issue and consider a bad experience in the military. He has a difficult time expressing his thoughts about his dreams. Even though I am interested and want to know more about PTSD, but I respect his decision. He’ll goes days with no signs of PTSD, but when someone or something occur it’ll trigger his thoughts. Treatment for PTSD includes psychotherapy and medication to manage their depression and anxiety. Medication for antidepressant, such as Celexa, Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft will help them feel less worried. Other types of treatment including counseling or group therapy to talk about their trauma will help them feel more comfortable talking about their trauma. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a type of therapy that will teach you how to deal with your emotional conflicts that caused by your trauma. Therapy will help you figure what is triggering your memories, how to cope with your feelings about your past. PTSD treatment can last up to six months, two years or …show more content…
I agree with that because my marriage failed due to my ex-husband PTSD. He wasn’t diagnosed then but now I understand why I couldn’t communicate with him. If I knew about it back then we could have gone to family therapy so we could understand what was trigging his PTSD. It would help my family to communicate and cope with his emotions. We would have learned about PTSD and the best treatment. He goes months with out talking to his family member because he feels they don’t understand him. He feels like an outcast and everything thinks he’s