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For family members of anyone who is going through PTSD,
my recommendation is to read as much as you can about it,
to understand as much as you can about it
so that it gives you the skills you need and the
coping mechanisms to help your family member who has it.
I think, sometimes, we just can't relate to what they're
going through because we've never gone through it.
It's the same with any life experience, really,
but I think more so for war because it's so extreme
and so out of the ordinary, and the things that they see
and the things they experience and the smells, the sounds
are different than anything we could know just being at home.
So I think learning about it as much as we can,
being willing to listen to our family members who have it,
to engage them in discussion if they're willing to discuss it,
if they want to be quiet about it, not to bother them,
just to be a little bit more sensitive and to understand
what they're going through, is the most important thing
that family members of Veterans who suffer with PTSD can do.