Horror follows troops home

[babylonsister]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=9501

Horror follows troops home

By Tom Roeder and Cary Leider Vogrin / Colorado Springs Gazette

FORT CARSON, CO - “Imagine you’re home in bed, sound asleep, then you wake up and hear glass breaking in your children’s room.

“Now imagine feeling that way for a year.”

The waking nightmare has followed Fort Carson Sgt. Christopher Cain and more than 1,500 other local soldiers home from Iraq.

Most of the mental health problems faced by homecoming troops are mild, Fort Carson officials say. Up to a third report a little sleeplessness here or paranoia there, the post’s top doctor said. These symptoms will disappear after a month or so at home for all but a few.

But a growing number of cases are more severe, like Cain’s. Nearly 600 Fort Carson soldiers were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder last year, up from 102 cases in 2003 when soldiers started returning from their first tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was the fourth straight year with a significant increase in the number of soldiers being diagnosed with PTSD.

With symptoms that range from hyperawareness to angry outbursts, PTSD is an anxiety reaction to traumatic events, which Iraq brings by the truckload. It plagues up to 10 percent of soldiers returning from war.

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[Cabcere]

1. K&R

:cry: There are no words.

[shadowknows69]

3. Have some of these guys drunk in your taxi at 3am

you don't need to be a psychiatrist to see it, lets put it that way.

[Monkeyman]

2. Welcome Home To Your Nighmares