Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health disease that is triggered by a traumatic event. I have been struggling with PTSD‚ major depression‚ and anxiety for the past seven years of my life. It stinks to have to live with a mental illness. There’s so many people that just push them aside and just think they’re all make believe. They aren’t in my shoes. They haven’t been through what I’ve been through. What triggered my PSTD was that my father passed away when I only ten years old.
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Homeless Veterans in America Veterans make up eleven percent of the nation’s homeless population. While that number does not seem high‚ it means that about fifty thousand men and women who served our country are living in the streets (Shaw). More that half of those homeless veterans have some sort of disability. There are programs in place to help veterans ‚ but for many‚ these are not enough to keep in their homes. Veteran homelessness is commonly overlooked but has proven to be an extremely
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eighteen to fifty-four in the United States in a given year. Fourteen percent of those people are military personnel. Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ or PTSD‚ is a mental effect on the brain after going through trauma or a life-threatening event. I am familiar with PTSD in military personnel because my dad had this mental effect when I was growing up. PTSD is a serious mental effect that affects a lot of troops who need treatment. Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ according to WebMD‚ is a condition in which
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Social injustices are everywhere. They stem from unfair biases and stigmas and cause rifts in society. In “My Forbidden Face” which is a true story written by a 16 year old girl named Latifa‚ Latifa’s life is turned completely upside down when a stringent group known as the Taliban takes over her hometown. While in power the Taliban usurped many rights women had previously had and enforced malevolent punishments to those who did not agree. Another historical example of an injustice is the apartheid
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amount to anything‚ but he proved he could by defeating Grendel and his mother‚ two vicious monsters. People thought little of Beowulf‚ so did the great warriors‚ but he grew strong and courageous (ll. 2183-2189). Beowulf fought with Grendel‚ locked in combat. He defeated Grendel by tearing his arm off‚ then Grendel ran to his swamp and died (ll.745-819). When Beowulf grew strong‚ he proved his strength by defeating Grendel. When Beowulf defeated the Swedes‚ he proved his strength as an adult. In Geatland
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PTSD in the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was considered one of the bloodiest battles ever in the history of the United States. Not only were soldiers harmed physically during the war‚ but they were also wounded mentally. There are endless accounts of soldiers leaving the war and coming home not just with bullet wounds‚ but the memories that followed with it. These memories caused soldiers to not sleep at night and in some cases ruining their lives and forcing them to suicide. After the war‚ specialists
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1.1 INTRODUCTION OF STUDY Combat engineers primarily supervise‚ serve or assist as a member of a team when they are tackling rough terrain in combat situations. They provide their expertise in areas such as mobility‚ counter mobility‚ survivability and general engineering. A combat engineer also called field engineer‚ pioneer or sapper in many armies are a soldier specialist who performs a variety of construction and demolition tasks under combat conditions. Combat engineers are a key role in all
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Women in Combat Women in combat is an issue that I believe should be given a little more thought and attention. I personally feel that women should be allowed to be in ground combat operations if they desire to do so. I do not feel that it is fair to exclude someone from performing a job within the military simply due to their gender. I do feel that women who want to go to combat should be able to perform the same physical tasks as the men currently in those positions. This issue hits close
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Nelle Harper Lee‚ was written in 1960. During the 1960’s great movements towards equality and integration were taking place‚ there was great social injustice towards African-Americans. This was Lee’s entire plot of the book he wanted to show how even when all evidence proofed a black man innocent when his word is faced the that of a white person or person of the privileged society‚ he will be found guilty. In To Kill a Mockingbird Lee wrote about a black man named Tom Robinson
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Life After Combat Imagine being away from the things you loved and the people you cared about for months at a time. When you finally come back to those people and things it feels like life has taken on new meaning and the things you loved and the people you cared for just doesn’t feel the same as it used to. It’s like everyone lived in a different reality than the one you knew. Add to that‚ most people who watch the events of war and conflict on a television do not translate it into a reality. The
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