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There's thousands of us out there, who served years ago... There's assistance out there now.

Diana Franz, US Army, 1981 - 1984, shares her advice for others who may be concerned about PTSD.

Transcript

PTSD has affected my
family and people that

I care about,

by not allowing me to
express

my feelings to them,

to constantly
remain distant,

to

not show empathy.

It's just been in the
last year or so that I've

actually been able to
express empathy to myself,

and that's where I had
to start with.

My family has

never understood this.

It wasn't something I
could write home about

when I was in the service.

They were not aware of that

unfortunate incident that
I had in Germany back in

December of 1981.

I just shoved it to
the side of this

dark, little,
shadowy corner

and would not deal with it.

It was a very lonely place.

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