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Every time I was by myself, I would get physically sick and scared.

Laura Hendrixon, US Marine Corps 2003 - 2007, talks about when she knew she needed to get help for PTSD.

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I think the biggest thing is being at home by myself.

Like I would, just every time I was by myself,

I would get sick, like physically sick, and scared.

I wouldn't take showers if I was home by myself because

the whole time I was there, I wouldn't close my eyes.

I would think, like, "Oh my gosh, there's somebody,

they're gonna come in my bathroom and they're gonna get me."

And so it was like when everyday things, it's like I can't do

what normal, like, activities, and it's frustrating for me

because I didn't really understand it, I didn't understand

how it all related together.

And I knew I don't want to be held back in my life,

so I definitely, I just wanted to get help, I wanted to change.

I wanted to be able to be free from it and be able

to do things that everyone else around me was doing.

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