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As someone who also suffers from PTSD (mine is from the Boston Bombing as well as other forms of trauma that happened in those few weeks, not from going to war), thank you for doing this. I've been going through EMDR treatment for a few months now and it's extremely exhausting but helps. I hope more people can see what it's like living with PTSD through your AMA! Thanks again!

Thank you, at first I was very confused-- I did not expect to develop PTSD from it. I was just an 18 year old girl at the time, and was pretty shocked when I started symptoms and was diagnosed-- I thought I was invincible. I was with all of my best friends when the bombs went off, so we all had extremely similar experiences, but since my reaction during the months afterwards was so different from theirs I decided to see a therapist, and then was diagnosed, etc. It's gotten easier in some ways but I know it's something I'll always struggle with. I'm happy to see that you're overcoming it, that's awesome.