PTSD In The Military Family Essay
Stress of military families dealing with several moves, deployments Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
I have been a military wife for almost 21 years and all the above has and still have an effect on my family. I have heard about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) throughout the 21 years but not until the last few years have hit close to home. My cousin's husband has recently been diagnosed with PTSD. My cousin's husband got a dog donated by a local Vets program (Guardians of Rescue's Paws of War program) the dog wakes him or her up if he starts having bad dreams. This organization gets dogs from places like Fort Braggs shelter and Cumberland County No Kill Shelter, they send them to a training center in New York and then some local …show more content…
The military and surrounding communities are doing several types of research on the effect of PTSD along with several types of types of support and treatments for all affected. I would like to focus on the reassurance that the soldiers won't be reprimanded for mentioning the possibility of PTSD to heighten the chance more compliance and speaking out. We have only moved twice during my husband's military career. We lived in the Fayetteville area the first 16 years, moved to Florida for three years and moved Fayetteville area going on two years now. When my husband deployed his fifth tour to Afghanistan we had only been at our new duty station for about nine months (just as a reminder we never moved not once and we always had family close by). My children and I joined a group called Deployed Spouse Group (DSG) that met every Monday night. The chaplain and his wife lead the program. We would eat, meet and play games. The food was provided because it allows the families to eat (mother don't have to cook; so they can come to meeting along with free childcare), the Chaplain or his wife would correlate a story or sermon like that pertains to what we may be going through and they also would ask for suggestions for the
I have been a military wife for almost 21 years and all the above has and still have an effect on my family. I have heard about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) throughout the 21 years but not until the last few years have hit close to home. My cousin's husband has recently been diagnosed with PTSD. My cousin's husband got a dog donated by a local Vets program (Guardians of Rescue's Paws of War program) the dog wakes him or her up if he starts having bad dreams. This organization gets dogs from places like Fort Braggs shelter and Cumberland County No Kill Shelter, they send them to a training center in New York and then some local …show more content…
The military and surrounding communities are doing several types of research on the effect of PTSD along with several types of types of support and treatments for all affected. I would like to focus on the reassurance that the soldiers won't be reprimanded for mentioning the possibility of PTSD to heighten the chance more compliance and speaking out. We have only moved twice during my husband's military career. We lived in the Fayetteville area the first 16 years, moved to Florida for three years and moved Fayetteville area going on two years now. When my husband deployed his fifth tour to Afghanistan we had only been at our new duty station for about nine months (just as a reminder we never moved not once and we always had family close by). My children and I joined a group called Deployed Spouse Group (DSG) that met every Monday night. The chaplain and his wife lead the program. We would eat, meet and play games. The food was provided because it allows the families to eat (mother don't have to cook; so they can come to meeting along with free childcare), the Chaplain or his wife would correlate a story or sermon like that pertains to what we may be going through and they also would ask for suggestions for the