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The stigma of getting help, that's for other people.

Edward J. Fair, US Army 1970 - 1972, talks about why he didn't ask for help with his PTSD right away.

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So the stigma of getting help, that's for other people.

You don't have to be concerned of it.

You get the help, you can move on with your life

and then you are happy, society's happy

and the government's happy.

So I mean, if you feel stigmas, let it go.

If somebody else has a problem with it,

let it be theirs not yours, you know,

and that's what I say to stigmas.

PTSD isn't a wonderful thing to have and I'm not trying

to make it that way but if you get treatment,

you come in from the cold, you can have a good life.

You don't have to ruin marriages, you don't have

to beat up your children.

And I'm not saying physically, mentally.

You can be a family man, you can work, you don't have

to go in and out of jobs.

All you need is treatment and it just starts coming

in that door one time and you can find help with the VA

and outside organizations.

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