I had almost no problems dealing with the things I saw and did while in the army, once I was removed from that enviorment. I have suffered from a laundry list of emotional stress. I cant watch some tv shows with getting all balled up. I have rubbed off my eyebrough on several occasions, rubbed a bald spot in my head ( thank god it all grew back ). And often get this feeling of utter dispair.
I have dealt with this all rather well, I totally avoided meds. And found comfort working with vets who were worse off than I could ever imagine. Helping them cope slowly made alot of this fade away. Finding the good you can create out of a evil thats been done helps alot. A big reason I play online games is its social interaction without a crowd. I was in Israel when a suicide bomber decided it was his time and it was close enough to make me rethink life.
I salute all you who have served and that are serving, the truth about this is alot of service members peace and war get this. Life never ends it just goes down a gear waiting for you to find the clutch and kick it back in. I was able to right away id the issues i had and tell those around me what was going on so there was that understanding there.
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