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The primary one was the memory loss.

Damien Holmes, US Army, US Marine Corps 1993 - 2005, talks about how he knew he had PTSD.

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The anger is pretty much, it wasn't the primary one.

The primary one was the memory loss.

There were some things that, I wouldn't say memory loss,

it would just take some time to remember stuff.

Not memories back, I can remember things back when I was

like probably four or five years old.

That's not a problem.

Day to day things like, where'd I put my keys?

I mean it's common for someone to misplace their keys

but when I misplace my keys I blow it

up like the world's gonna end.

I'm yelling at everybody, "Where did you put my keys?

Did you see where I put my keys?

Why can't you tell my where I put my keys last?"

You know and I look in my pockets and for some odd reason,

keys always hide in that left corner pocket,

right in the corner, and your hand had already been there

but you can't feel it.

You know what I mean?

It 's happened to everybody

but when you have PTSD that doesn't matter.

You know what I'm saying?

I want my keys and I want them now.

You can cut out my heart, I don't care, I want my keys.

[laughs]

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