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Ask for help.

Valerie Ovalle, US Army 2004 - 2005, shares her advice for others who may be concerned about PTSD.

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My advice to other veterans is,

you know, you have your eagle right here, your pride,

and it's very hard to swallow it.

Trust me, I know,

but somehow you gotta swallow your pride

and you gotta ask for help, because

PTSD is not curable, but it's controllable.

And I'm proof of that because

I have my family back,

I have my friends,

and I'm starting to get an education,

and I have a place to live, I'm not homeless.

So I think every veteran should

give the benefit of the doubt to the counselors

to talk to them in order to

control what they're feeling,

because I was in your shoes eight years ago,

and I can say now that

I'm a lot better than what I was

back then, before treatment.

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