dimanche 16 avril 2017

Veterans Struggling With Depression And Various Coping Mechanisms

By Martha Perry


A lot goes on in a battlefield with soldiers who are always on a mission. It can be tough going into a situation like this. Sometimes you have to block all of your emotions out. However, when you get back home, it can be very difficult to deal with. A lot of veterans suffer emotionally and mentally. It is not uncommon to find veterans struggling with depression or other psychological symptoms.

This especially related to soldiers who came back from the first and second wars. Families could see that they had been affected in some way. They were obviously torn because of the way they were acting out. A lot of them would become depressed and anxious. They would prefer to stay in isolation, frightened to go out, should they think they were going to have a panic attack.

Your family, friends and work colleagues may not understand what you are going through. This is why it is important to talk to someone that understands you. There are people who specialize with war veterans. There are groups that you can join up with. There are other veterans who will discuss their major issues with you and you will talk about coping mechanisms.

They may have been given order to shoot someone. They will have flashbacks which can last some time. This can be really frightening. Post traumatic stress disorder is common among veterans like this. They often see no way out of the situation, and decide to end it all. They will suddenly think they are back on the battlefield after hearing a loud noise, for example.

Vets can become paranoid thinking that something terrible is going to happen. Meanwhile, it is simply a plane flying overhead. However, something like this is so real for them that they think that they are back in the war torn country which they have come from. Psychosis can develop when they don't get the right type of attention with other more severe types of depression.

Many war vets would have suffered from a traumatic brain injury. Although they are protected, there are exposed to physical conditions and there are times when they have fallen and rolled on their heads. You may not even be aware of this. Depression can set in here along with other mental disorders. A person like this will not be the same, and learns to cope in various way which are not always healthy.

Most soldiers who try and adapt to this new way of life will find that they are scarred psychologically. You don't think of what you are doing on the battlefield. It is a case of following orders. You begin to take it all in when you are sitting on your sofa watching the television or before you are going to sleep. This is where the trauma begins to take place.

There are many methods and techniques that therapists use which help them to reach out to the vet. This can come in the form of something creative, which is also helps the vet take the focus off of what is bothering them. They begin to let go and express themselves in another way. This can be helpful as well, because of someone like this battles to communicate.




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