Afghanistan Quote by Jane Leavy

People generally don't suffer high rates of PTSD after natural disasters. Instead, people suffer from PTSD after moral atrocities. Soldiers who've endured the depraved…

— David Brooks

I did a study of soldiers returning from Iraq, and their levels of PTSD were much higher if they had had to shoot a…

— Mia Bloom

“Maybe PTSD really is triggered by a single incident, a stressor, as it's known in the psychiatric community, and maybe the attack at Al-Waleed…

— Luis Carlos Montalván

“By listening to the “unspoken voice” of my body and allowing it to do what it needed to do; by not stopping the shaking,…

— Peter A. Levine

People who need therapy are in Afghanistan. They've seen horrible human cruelty and degradation, but they don't have time or the money for therapy.

— David Chase

I met soldiers coming back from war and I was impressed by their description of PTSD, all the symptoms: the outburst of violence, the…

— Alice Winocour

I have personally experienced PTSD and understand the needs our veterans require to return to a life of some normalcy.

— Michael Waltz

Since PTSD is being exposed to death and the death of someone close, I felt really close to [the soldiers].

— Alice Winocour

I have been exposed to a great deal of the issues surrounding PTSD, but what I have learned that is most relevant to my…

— Bryce Pinkham

Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from serious, long-term, physical and mental health problems, due to their service. It is unconscionable to…

— Mark Dayton

Service members are more likely to have PTSD, but it's common in the general population as well.

— Brianna Keilar

When suffering from TBI and PTSD, it's difficult to find the motivation to seek help. I want society not to forget those that served…

— Max Martini