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I had one gentleman...he was in his 70's...

Dr. Steven Thorp (Clinical Psychologist) explains how PTSD treatment can improve your life.

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I had one gentleman who came in the VA system

and he was in his 70s, and he had had PTSD for decades.

One of his primary complaints was that

his anxiety got so high that it was hard for him to breath.

It was hard for him to even make it

from the parking lot into the VA hospital.

And he and I worked together for about three months, and he

worked really hard at the treatment, he did his homework.

And what was nice for me is I got to see this change in him,

and he saw the change, too, where not only was he

feeling better in terms of sleeping better, having fewer

nightmares, being able to relate to his wife better,

but he was actually breathing better.

Some of his physical symptoms improved

over the course of this treatment.

And this is a guy that I still get postcards from

now at the VA, years after the treatment.

This is a good sign, this is nice to see.

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