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Well, it first started off with my knee.
It gave out.
They call it steel deck syndrome.
I have deterioration in my left knee.
So after everything was over with I got out and couple
years later I was classified as having
chronic PTSD as well.
I would wake up in cold sweats, just screaming or
something, and yelling.
And I drank quite a bit actually.
I was drinking about three six packs of beer, along whatever
else you put in front of me.
I was smoking quite a bit the same time.
And I knew something was wrong, but
wasn't quite sure what.
I'd knew that during the night those dreams would come to me,
and I was trying to do the best I could to get rid of
them by drinking.
I have physicals every six months at the VA hospital and
one day the nurse came in and asked me, we're supposed to
ask you these questions.
Now, do you feel suicidal, depressed,
anxiety, crying a lot.
And I kind of look at her and I said, yes, a little bit.
And she goes, are you willing to see a psychiatry.
I said no because I'm not crazy.
She said, we'll we're not saying your crazy but would--
She kind of pushed me toward making appointments to see a
psychologist and psychiatry.
A lot of people denying having PTSD and the ones that do have
it and are in denial with it, I think they're a little bit
hesitant to go and see a psychiatrist because it's
something new that you never had to do before.
And the overall cure for his drugs,
alcohol, stuff like that.
But in the long run you're probably going to put yourself
in a position that I was in.
Because I used to drink a lot and I almost died from.
So I think anybody out there who thinks they need see
somebody, please do it now, because it gets worse and
worse and worse.