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A must read for Veterans & families |
January 17, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
R. Coley
from Okinawa
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My husband deployed for Baghdad in '03, shortly after the war broke
out. We are both active duty, but I did not deploy during that time.
Not being there to experience all the same things, I never fully
understood the severity of daily events over there. He came home a
completely different man: not sleeping or waking up from nightmares
when he did sleep, drinking & smoking more heavily, distant and
just overall jumpy/more alert. He was immediately diagnosed with PTSD
upon return. He gave many attempts to explain the things he was feeling
and how detached he felt from the things he used to know before the
war. It has been frustrating as a spouse, not knowing how to help or
what to do to help him get through the things he is experiencing, even
still today. He found this book in the store and brought it home,
suggesting that I read it. I could not put it down...it totally hit
home! It put everything that a veteran (especially a PTSD sufferer)
thinks, feels, and experiences... things my husband had tried so hard to
talk about, but often couldn't. It is very well written, and gives you
many example scenarios of the things our deployed soldiers experienced
abroad, as well as upon their return. This book also has exercises for
the veterans and their loved ones to try, to help everyone get thru
this, one step at a time. I fully recommend this book to anyone who has
come home from Iraq, as well as their loved ones helping them cope with
the remaining fragments that war has left embedded in their memory.
Thank you for your feedback on this review. We appreciate your input! 
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