by Antoine Nious

Created on: March 22, 2009   Last Updated: April 15, 2009

Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome or PTSD, for short, can become very harmful to the one's that risk their life's for the mudane. The symptoms vary between cases. The weighted consideration are the following: Service, demographics, gender, and/or culture. PTSD mostly effects those who have seen the oddesies of combat. For the case of the text, allow us to discuss the affect of PTSD on war veterans. Lets talk about PTSD. Lets talk about how it created and the symptoms thereof.

The National Institution of Health defines PTSD as, "... an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, or military combat." click here Basically a lot of of our veterans are going out willing to lose their live; Eventually, as all veterans do, the stress involve in reaching these task make life very uncomfortable. The veteran or soldier has to admit that they are human. How do you train a man to conquer the world then force him to raise a farm?

Not all Soldiers are harmed by PTSD. Many of these soldiers or veterans chose to enter the military as a carrer field. The common soldier is the man to love in my book! PTSD normally follows those who desire to become grips with great wealth in the military. The truth is, if you didn't serve for your country, you may be a drug dealer. Where do you go from here? "People with PTSD have persistent frightening thoughts and memories of their ordeal and feel emotionally numb, especially with people they were once close to. They may experience sleep problems, feel detached or numb, or be easily startled.", NIHM.

I myself have served for 15 month's in Iraq. My deployment was during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. I am a Combat Engineer (21B). My company and I were train on clearing routes. We cleared routes of any known I.E.D's, U.X.O's, and any other harmful explosive devices. As of the moment, I have been back in the United States for approximately 3 months. With all fairness, I have been blessed to have children, and great family to work for. As of the moment none of the known symptoms of PTSD have shown. I chose to enjoy the Army and not controll it. In my opinion, it is all in how you train. We can not only train ourselves to be physically tough, we also must stay mentally focused on our goals. I feel the only way to stay away from the symptoms of PTSD is to love your job, love your family, and guarantee yourself plenty of exercise.

Learn more about this author, Antoine Nious.
Click here to send this author comments or questions.