Tag: ptsd

“Fear coursed through my veins. A horrible metallic taste, worse than bile, rose in my throat. The taste of terror.”

“The bear, still on all fours, was tall enough to look Mya in the eye. He huffed and gave a short growl. Then he charged.”

The mental and physical toll of life in a white supremacist state is unavoidable for BIPOC, even if it manifests differently for different people.

In isolation, Stephanie Land finds surprising relief from PTSD — and discovers she is able to write again.

“As medicine advances, we have more survivors. But those survivors carry trauma to their graves.”

“At least 442 service members across almost every branch of the armed forces had been conned—by prisoners—out of a total of more than half a million dollars.”

Years after her cousin was killed, Lilly Dancyger is haunted by images of murdered women in the news.

Asking for a friend called Facebook.

Can anyone truly fully recover from witnessing — and losing loved ones — in a school shooting?

A decade after her mother’s death, Ashley Abramson reflects on being raised by a parent addicted to opioids.

Veteran status cuts both ways. Because I’m an army veteran, other vets often tell me things they wouldn’t tell those who haven’t served. It is a privilege to be given this confidence, and yet I’m filled with an overwhelming obligation to get their stories right. Although I’m a longtime reporter, writing about veterans has been […]

This October 2014 New York Times investigation by C.J. Chivers is about more than just the discovery of old chemical weapons in Iraq—it’s about how shabbily we still treat our troops when they return home. We leave our all-volunteer army with inadequate medical care, emotional trauma, and fragile families. Here are six stories on our […]

Scientists are trying to uncover why some people are better able to recover from trauma than others: After Ebaugh crawled up the rocky riverbank, a truck driver picked her up, took her to a nearby convenience store and bought her a cup of hot tea. Police, when they arrived, were sympathetic and patient. The doctor […]

Can we discover the impact of war on a soldier before they’re sent out to fight? And what does that mean for ethics and liability when it comes to addressing PTSD? Brian had spent part of his career at nearby Fort Hood, and in 2007 he and Telch approached Army leaders at the base about […]