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I actually feel rested and healed when I wake in the morning…

Diana Franz (US Army, 1981 - 1984) talks about how PTSD treatment can help.

Transcript

One particular experience
I had recently that

came to mind

was that I was flying out
of town for a weekend,

and when I got to the
place I was staying,

I was really wound up.

I couldn't relax.

My legs were just really
tight and antsy

from sitting so long.

And by using mindfulness
skill of visualizing

a pleasant scene, or
something like,

just visualizing some
leaves floating

down a stream,

and just putting those
thoughts away with

those leaves

as they pass.

That brings you into a
calmer, more mindful state,

and I was able to relax and
get to sleep in no time.

I'm finding that I'm
able to use these tools

to relax my body, and that
I'm sleeping more hours,

and I actually feel rested
and healed when I wake

in the morning.

And that's a feeling that
I had not had for so long.

And no one should be
having to live that way.

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