The Demons of War are Persistent

A Personal Story of Prolonged PTSD

A.W. Schade, USMC 1965/69

"Forty years have passed since my deployment as a combat Marine to Vietnam. However, only several years since I acknowledged my inability to continue suppressing the demons alone. Like many veterans, the "Demons" have haunted me through nightmares, altered personas and hidden fears.
Even as many veterans manage the demons' onslaught successfully, millions survive in destitution, needless solitude and social disconnection. Scores consider themselves cowards, should they concede to the demons' hold. Countless live in denial and loneliness, protecting their warrior's pride. The most vulnerable tormented by guilt and feeling forever alone too often choose to "end" their lives."

[Published in the "Journal of Military Experience II" [July 2012 all net sales proceeds goes to helping Veterans.] Also, it has been included in a brand-new college textbook titled "First-Person Accounts of Mental illness and Recovery" [August 2012]. This publication will be studied by new social workers, psychologists, etc., students embracing the viewpoint of the individual. Also by Nobel Prize-winning Journalist/Author Eric Newhouse on PsychologyToday.com]

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