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PTSD- PTSD And The Church
How can churches meet the rising need of veterans suffering with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? Join our roundtable discussion on PTSD and learn about ways the church can help in reaching out to veterans and their families.

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War changes everyone who goes to war. Some of the changes are for the good, but some are not.

Many combat veterans feel burdened by guilt. They question if they can ever be forgiven for things they did or didn’t do, or for just making it home when so many others didn’t.

Everyone expects to leave the war “over there.” But many warriors coming home soon discover the war comes home with them—inside.

Children of servicemen and women are vulnerable to the ill effects of PTSD.

Anger was a huge part of the Vietnam War that came home bottled up inside Phil Downer (USMC). He spent 13 months “in country,” and the anger that kept him alive in war was killing his family at home.

While children are deeply impacted by a parent who comes home from war with PTSD, they can also become helpful allies in pulling together to help a parent begin to heal from the wounds of war.

Nobody makes it home alone in the PTSD war. Family can be vital in helping the veteran face and grow through this struggle with the war within.

There are things that men and women experience in war that they never forget: the sights, the smells, and the sounds.

Reliving traumatic events of the war when you come home—whether awake are asleep—is extremely unnerving.

Phil Downer (USMC) carried a machine gun in Vietnam for 13 months. When he came home, the war came home with him, and sometimes it would erupt unexpectedly during the day when he was at work or home.