A Vietnam Veteran’s story of recovery from PTSD

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9 жыл бұрын

For years after Vietnam, Warren had nightmares and problems with substance use. When he went to VA for primary care, he was connected to a therapist. After he was hospitalized for alcohol and drug treatment, his therapist recommended he learn to face some of his triggers. Now Warren has found sobriety and no longer has nightmares.

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@angelica3744 4 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this man speak for ages. He has a really soothing, soulful way of speaking.

@mateosexton6381 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you to all the active-duty and veterans for yalls service and keeping me safe I salute you

@boujiatexas1870 4 жыл бұрын

Wow a tunnel rat , you had to volunteer for that . If I'm not mistaken had one of the highest mortality rates . Thank you for you service .

@beedee9534 2 жыл бұрын

Gunners 1st Cav like the NFL not for long

@missyhilary8905 4 жыл бұрын

I love his accent. Beautiful. Thank you for serving. I have PTSD for other reasons, but my grandfather was in the second world war, and in Chorea. He never talked to anyone and was so mean, I was afraid of him as a little girl. Thank you for owning it, not being afraid to admit you need to talk.

@samuelfries4008 4 жыл бұрын

i had a grandpa who was a vietnam vet in the navy. he had died three years ago from a heart attack. He told his war stories. not many but he told them

@PacoOtis Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Thanks for sharing and the very best of luck! I was there in 1969 III and IV Corps.

@josephmontague396 6 жыл бұрын

Hope this guys doing well

@16kollera 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service and sacrifices

@SparrowSixFive 7 жыл бұрын

"America's Warriors have always stepped up to the plate for our freedoms and liberties and many have paid the ultimate sacrifice and some have survived to endure worse. HONOR THEM, RESPECT THEM, LOVE THEM & NEVER FORGET THEM! I salute you all!" Sparrow Six-Five!

@robertisham5279 4 ай бұрын

They didn't fight for our liberty.

@mrcatfish2100 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother...words of inspiration and hope. I love videos like this....

@asgio27 5 ай бұрын

thank you brother, I am trying

@andrewlorch7642 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. It’s hard I know, you give me hope.

@alanc1491 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Warren, for showing us what real strength is!

@Thatsbannanas-d8c Жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you. May peace be with you.

@roybarlett4880 6 жыл бұрын

Welcome home Brother!

@rodneymorton2188 6 жыл бұрын

thank you for your service keep moving forward!

@maureenwhalen3505 5 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@livinglife1874 4 жыл бұрын

Communicated so well in just 3 minutes.

@samiyamohamed500 6 жыл бұрын

You so good

@GuyBaldridge54 7 жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting for the medical marijuana I was suppose to get to help treat my chronic pain muscle spasms PTSD and Depression I live in Miami it's now legal but I'm still suffering.

@silverduck8499 4 жыл бұрын

@Sam you just don't get it Some of these guys rather take THC/CBD as opposed to prescription pills, considering all the side effects. Therapy helps but medication is needed, you haven't gone through what these men have

@santiagotrisini3916 3 жыл бұрын

@@silverduck8499 for reallllll

@jeanpaultongeren125 Жыл бұрын

@@silverduck8499 yes "prescription pills" have horrible side effects. For real I was on olzapine and zyprexa for a while.

@OgeeThegodfather 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU...I hav a uncle his age was in the war I always bring him to football games But I never once ask him about what happened over There I’m kinda scared to ask him all I kno before I was born he came back having flashbacks an wud wake up choking people my grandma said....Sometimes I just wonder what he seen ..

@Argos-xb8ek 4 жыл бұрын

That job must've been terrifying

@bearbirch9264 5 жыл бұрын

So cool 🙂love it

@DianaKazimiera- 2 жыл бұрын

❤️🕊️

@ghostbear200123 4 жыл бұрын

SEMPER FI‼️🍻

@mohdaiman1612 5 жыл бұрын

Wondering why with 82 dislikes tho...

@peginstitution9029 4 жыл бұрын

They should support people coming from wars more

@robertisham5279 4 ай бұрын

No they shouldn't.

@bired7 7 жыл бұрын

I'm sure these clips will benefit vets. A word of caution...in the first clip the black gentleman states "He was a tunnel rat in Nam from mid 1972/3. I worked at the Embassy in Saigon at that time and I don't recall our having any Marines out on patrol in fact very few Marines remained in country during that time. Perhaps his recall is off a bit.

@donaldjones7678 5 жыл бұрын

Marines left Vietnam around June 1971

@stevenkarras3490 4 жыл бұрын

I actually thought the same exact thing.

@robertisham5279 4 ай бұрын

@@donaldjones7678There were some marine sub anglico units in Vietnam from 1972 to 1973.

@-kookiesmilk-5376 6 жыл бұрын

I am from Vietnam 🇻🇳

@2011sliverdude 2 жыл бұрын

Fucking communist

@mikes_work 6 жыл бұрын

Definitely no offense intended as I have tremendour respect for our military fighters. However, action was done around this guys supposed crawling tunnels. Maybe he meant a year earlier perhaps. Sadly I’ve met many people who abuse the benefits real fighters deserve. With that said I’m sure this guy was over there and I’m sure of told to crawl tunnels he would have done it. I just wasn’t aware of activity like that in those dates.

@donaldjones7678 5 жыл бұрын

Yes Marines were done in Vietnam by the time he was in the Marines. I was in Vietnam from Feb 71 to Feb 72 in the Army. All Marines were gone by then.

@OleMisss 5 жыл бұрын

Donald Jones marines happened to be the last military personnel(non SF) to evacuate Saigon with the ambassador in 75. Must’ve forgot they guard all embassies around the globe.. but anyway, are we really naive enough to question this vet? I guarantee he probably chopped a few Charlies out the trees back in his day.. Semper Fi.

@LitCentralMillennialXLIII Жыл бұрын

Marines were there in 72!

@robertisham5279 4 ай бұрын

@@LitCentralMillennialXLIIIYeah there marine sub anglico units there from 1972-1973.

@robertisham5279 4 ай бұрын

@@donaldjones7678Did you see any combat?

@venom_bankz621 3 жыл бұрын

Tunnel Rat 💀

@miguelcustodio2177 4 жыл бұрын

...it was war 🤔

@srussert28 2 ай бұрын

Woesner and Woesner.. Then It got worsener and WARSNER. Then it just got down to WAR. Fk My CRap... SERIORSLY... I am FIGHTING! HELP!

@VeteransMTC 2 ай бұрын

@srussert28There are VA employees that can help right away. Call the Veterans Crisis Line by dialing 988 (and Press 1) OR go to their live chat service by visiting www.veteranscrisisline.net and click on the red button in the top right corner of the page. It says, “Confidential Veterans Chat.” You can also send a text message to them at 838255. A responder will talk with you anonymously. We urge you to contact Veterans Crisis Line now. Don’t wait.

@srussert28 2 ай бұрын

@@VeteransMTC Giggle....GafafAWWW... I called the crisis line. Mom died...family patriarch passed, Gout flared and a fairly decent migraine was setting in...I ask for ways to get my head around the obstacle and how to bump my thought process out of a....Really Bad Spiral of Death.... Where is your VA hospital? Who is your PCP? It kept going round and round so much I got fuckstrated and finally ended the call. I must admit I simply had questions on how to get out of a suicidal thought process. By the time I was finished with the call I had a full on plan and was hell bent to carry it out. My advise on calling a crisis line is this... if you are ready to KILL YOUESELF... HEY, call them first...they will confirm your thought process and then push you over the limit and help you on your way. My call was on Friday. SSSOOOoooo they screwed me over to a point they were going to let my VA PCP know what was going on and they would call me on MONDAY. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER SET A PLAN IN MY HEAD. Friday I called in a major crisis. My Call made this One Thousand times worse. They would let my night of crisis pass, the 24 hours of Saturday pass, the 24 hours of Sunday PASS... then at 7:00 Monday my PCP would get my message... Mind you I let them Know I was out of state... so even If they could get my PCP I was several hundred miles away from them...I WILL N...E...V...E...R... RECOMEND CALLING A CRISIS LINE. If you keep records it will be easy to go back on my dead Moms obituary to get a time line... Fuckstrated should be added to the dictionary. I am sure if a thousand people who never heard the term were polled who called this line they would have similar definition. Not to be confused with my sisters term Flusterated... that is a much milder term... That person has never called this line.

@srussert28 2 ай бұрын

This was of course compounded by another side effect I had. My Advise N...E...V...E...R... CALL A CRISIS LINE.