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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious and often chronic psychiatric disorder that develops in a significant minority of trauma survivors. The disorder is characterized by repeated intrusion into the consciousness of painful traumatic memories, accompanied by persistently increased arousal. The numbing of emotional responsiveness and active avoidance of reminders are central features, particularly in more chronic forms of the disorder. PTSD is associated with significant distress, as well as social and occupational impairment. (163
I joined the U.S. army in Jan 2001 I join my unit at 101st airborne ,after I got to my unit Sept 11 2001 happened and my unit my unit and unit was the only two units first to be sent out to Afghanistan. In Afghanistan I had taken lives there but every person in our company came back alive. After a I came back I was asked to join the Scouts and join the snipers. Shortly after I made the team the war in Iraq was starting so we were shipped and......

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