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She goes into herself...

Trish Barini, Friend of a Veteran with PTSD, talks about what it's like to live with someone who has PTSD.

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I have acreage at my horse farm,

and we were walking through the woods,

and, actually, we saw the shell of a bomb

that somebody had painted camouflage,

and obviously they were using it for deer bait.

And it was on the ground, and I went to touch it

and Stacy screamed, "Don't touch it!"

And she just froze, and I turned and I looked at her,

and I actually laughed because I thought it was funny.

And then I thought, "She has seen the real thing."

And it wasn't funny after that.

I just laughed it off because there was nothing I could say.

But she was OK, I mean, she recovers fast.

She goes into herself and realizes that,

"Hey, I'm home, I'm OK."

So we just go from there.

For me, I just felt insensitive

because I should have known.

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