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You keep on waiting for that thing to happen to you that never occurs.

Laurent G. Taillefer II, US Army 2003 - 2006, talks about how he knew he had PTSD.

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And it's like I don't know how to tone it down.

I'm the same person that was

running through the sands of Iraq,

like, just a little while ago.

And it's like, "Just a little while?

That was five years ago, sir.

You need to remember you've been on American, safe,

totally, like, clean, and you don't have to worry about

where your water comes from.

All these things that stressed you out in Iraq

aren't following you here."

And that's what freaks me out, you know what I mean?

You keep waiting for that thing to happen to you

that never occurs, and the fact that it never occurs

only makes you more anxious.

It's terrible, oh my gosh.

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