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You can let the PTSD take over, or you can let you take over.

John Angell Jr., US Marine Corps 2003 - 2008, shares his advice for others who may be concerned about PTSD.

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If you think that there's a possibility of something,

it's worth looking at.

It's worth checking on.

Ask somebody that interacts with you more than you interact

with yourself and see if they've noticed a change

from who you were before to who you are now.

And if the possibility of something is there,

it's worth just going to talk to someone.

Because the alternative is, it's not worth it.

The path of not receiving treatment,

it's not even worth mentioning.

It's the path that nobody that wants to go down.

But the path of knowing that you have a problem and living

with it, you don't even realize that there's an issue anymore.

You realize that there's only a choice, a choice to be you

or a choice to be someone else.

You can let the PTSD take over or you can let you take over.

And for somebody that has PTSD or thinks

that they could have PTSD, I recommend you listen to someone

who has been through it or someone that thinks

that they can help you, and seek it.

Get advice, get treatment.

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