PTSD and the Viet Nam War
My Junior English class is reading The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. The book is a memoir based on his experiences in Viet Nam during the war. Some of the stories within the book are fictional but represent the affect the war had on the young men placed in life-threatening, no-win situations. It would take a very unusual person to return home unscathed by the Viet Nam War. Soldiers returned home injured, even though they weren’t physically wounded, and many developed Post Traumatic Stress …

Symptoms of PTSD
Do you know of someone who has experienced or witnessed a traumatic accident, a tornado, or war? If you do, then you need to be aware of the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), for there is a strong chance that person may be suffering from it. Anyone at any age can have PTSD. It can appear immediately following the traumatic event or be a delayed reaction months or years later. It makes the person feel stressed and afraid long after the danger has passed. Post Traumatic …