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I used to have nightmares.

Nina Whittam, US Air Force 1953 - 1954, talks about how she knew she had PTSD.

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I used to have nightmares,

and most it was about her coming after me with that gun

because of what her husband did to me --

not what I did to him, but what he did to me.

And I was informed that women were enlisting

and coming into the military to take care of the men.

Well, I don't think that's true, but that's what I was told.

And yeah, I had a few nightmares,

and I could see that gun in my face,

and all I wanted to do was run.

And then I'd find myself -- and to this day, though,

sometimes I have dreams and I'm running.

Running, running, running.

And that's no fun, either.

But I don't have them as much as I used to

because I tell myself now,

"How much longer do I have on this Earth?"

And I'm not going to let those people

get through to me anymore.

I'm going to live my life one day at a time,

and try to live it good, and try to be good,

and they're not going to harass me in those dreams, no more.

I'm not going to let them.

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