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The tools are there. It's just a matter of picking it up and using it.

Thomas Hammonds, US Army, US Navy 1976 - 2009, shares his advice for others who may be concerned about PTSD.

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To the Corpsmen, to the Medics out there,

I can honestly tell you that, you've been through,

you probably saw a lot of stuff that you, that's hard.

That you've possibly become, there is no empathy left in you.

You disconnected yourself emotionally from a lot

of people, a lot of things, that you have no sensation of joy,

happiness, sadness or whatever or horror.

I would encourage you to go to the local VA, find the VA.

And in St. Louis, they have a system, a core system set

up for OIF Veterans

and Operation Enduring Freedom Veterans.

And they know how to deal with it better than we know how

to deal with it ourselves.

So, the tools are there.

It's just a matter of picking it up and using it.

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