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Crowds and people, that makes him nervous.

Vanessa Jones, Wife of a Veteran with PTSD, talks about what it’s like to live with someone who has PTSD.

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For my husband and I, we don't exactly stop living our lives.

I mean, we still go out to the malls, where

I know he has a difficult time, and the whole Disneyland thing

with the fireworks and lots of crowds and people,

that makes him nervous, but I feel like

if we were to not do that, I mean, it wouldn't be fair

for both of us, but he would never

be able to work through it, either.

That's kind of me, like, kicking his butt a little bit.

We do end up, you know,

having to do that for each other.

If I'm ever having a bad day, he'll make sure that I'm going

to be on the right page, and the same thing goes with him.

We just go back and forth with that.

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