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Combat Trauma
A Personal Look at Long-Term Consequences
James D Johnson
- 209 pages
- English
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Combat Trauma
A Personal Look at Long-Term Consequences
James D Johnson
About This Book
"In this incredibly courageous expose, " Vietnam veterans discuss the long-lasting effects of PTSD and their strategies for coping ( Publishers Weekly ).
Though much has been written about the short-term experience of combat trauma, very few resources discuss how that trauma continues to impactindividuals into later life. In this volume, retired Army Chaplain James D. Johnson relates how fifteen Vietnam veterans have been affected by the terror they experienced four decades ago, and how it continues to affect them today.
With candor and vivid detail, they reveal how their combat trauma symptoms still infect their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors on a daily basis. Their stories offer valuable insight for today's soldiers returning from battle, as well as for their loved ones. The experiences shared here can help them address and cope with the ongoing challenges of PTSD.
Those who still carry these wounds will find that they are not alone, and that there are ways of dealing with the horror, no matter how long ago it took place.
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Table of contents
- Forty Years Ago
- Chapter 1: Then and Now
- Chapter 2: We Sixteen—Who We Are
- Part I: Going to the Hell of Combat
- Chapter 3: Our Traumas
- Chapter 4: Broken Bodies, Minds, and Brotherhood
- Part II: Home (Bitter) Sweet Home
- Chapter 5: On the Home Front
- Chapter 6: Ignored by the Government, Society, and the Public
- Part III: Living with Our Trauma—Ever-Present Symptoms
- Chapter 7: Sleep Problems and Nightmares
- Chapter 8: Flashbacks
- Chapter 9: Triggers
- Chapter 10: Withdrawal, Numbness, and Depression
- Chapter 11: Fear and Anger
- Chapter 12: Hypervigilance, Startle, and Concentration
- Chapter 13: Guilt, Trust, Denial
- Chapter 14: Memories and Reexperiencing Combat Trauma
- Chapter 15: Work and Career
- Chapter 16: Family, Faith, and Morality
- Chapter 17: Physical Problems and Combat Trauma
- Chapter 18: Wannabes, Liars, and Pretenders
- Part IV: Care and Treatment
- Chapter 19: Reestablishment of Our Brotherhood
- Chapter 20: Treating Ourselves
- Chapter 21: The Veterans Administration
- Chapter 22: Veterans Helping Veterans
- Chapter 23: Then and Now—Again
- In Memoriam: Mitchell Perdue
- About the Author