5 Years Later...

When The Husband returned home from his Iraq deployment, I didn't cry. When 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division came home, I sobbed.

PTSD: One Size Does Not Fit All

So when someone says "PTSD", what's your first vision? The news headlines: "Soldier kills family, stranger, co-worker, etc--suffered from PTSD; family says he/she was never the same after war; Suicide rates are higher in soldiers suspected of having PTSD; Domestic violence levels dramatically increase in service members--PTSD culprit" etc.

But the fly off the handle, unable to cope, hiding at home, constantly anxious, dramatically different personality, alcohol dependent, violent tendencies, road raging, constantly irritated symptoms aren't the only defining symptoms of PTSD. In fact, a service member can have PTSD without obviously suffering from most of the symptoms listed above.

For example, The Husband.