PTSD Triggers: Definitions, Examples, and Treatment

PTSD Triggers: Definitions, Examples, and Treatment

It can happen on a perfectly normal day. Someone walks around outside when, suddenly, they hear a car backfire. The sound, like other PTSD triggers, stirs up past feelings and intrusive memories of a traumatic event. In the next moments, that person plunges into a...
How Veterans in Recovery Stay Sober Through Peer Support

How Veterans in Recovery Stay Sober Through Peer Support

Did you know that veterans in recovery have unique needs that civilians don’t? This is partially due to the unique experience of being a veteran, but it’s also tied to underlying mental health issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression,...
What You Should Know About PTSD and Substance Abuse

What You Should Know About PTSD and Substance Abuse

Traumatic events are situations that can shape an individual, whether it’s something they experienced as a child or experienced as an adult. These events change how someone sees themselves and the world around them. For this reason, former military service personnel...
How Blackout Drinking Uniquely Affects Veterans

How Blackout Drinking Uniquely Affects Veterans

Dealing with military-related trauma, whether it’s PTSD, combat trauma, or sexual trauma, may be too much to handle on your own. Often, veterans feel that they have to rely on alcohol to cope with the invisible wounds of war. And among veterans, unhealthy habits, like...
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