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I thought it was permanent.

Laura Hendrickson, US Navy 1983 - 1993, talks about why she didn't ask for help with her PTSD right away.

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All these years I thought

whatever it was that was wrong with me,

and I couldn't tell what it was

even though I was a psychiatrist, I thought it was permanent.

After all, I'd had two years of therapy

that hadn't helped at all.

But when I realized that it was PTSD and that's

kind of a normal thing that happens to a lot of people,

and I realized that I'd never had treatment for that,

I wanted it right away, but it took me a while

to find someone, find the right person to work with.

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