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They stepped up and became my caregivers.

Leah Parady, US Air Force 1993 - 2011, talks about how her PTSD affected her loved ones.

Transcript

It's interesting because the people that I loved the most

became my primary caregivers.

So upon retirement, I ended up coming home

and living in a house with my father and my then husband.

It affected my husband because he no longer is my husband.

So it was very rough on that.

But my sister, I have a twin sister,

she was there for me, and very supportive.

But I really have to thank my father

who stepped up as my primary caregiver

and was there for me for the entire duration

and lived in the same house as me

and took care of me, you know, as his daughter.

He took care of me for the last four years,

so that's how my relationship with my family changed,

is they stepped up and became my caregivers.

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