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The moment I realized that I had PTSD,
or started seeing the symptoms of it, was shortly after
I had gotten word that one of the guys that I was with
in Iraq had been seriously killed.
He had been victimized by a roadside IED.
Shortly after that, I started re-living instances in Iraq where
my judgment and things like that in certain instances
really reflected on how that guy wound up in that position.
I started feeling really guilty, and that's when I realized
I started to really need to talk to somebody else.
I contacted some of the soldiers in my unit,
and one of the soldiers in my unit told me, basically,
that he had been dealing with the same thing and that
I should seek treatment regardless of what anybody tells me.
That's when I decided to, I began the process
of actually looking to get help.