David W. Powell on Coping With Caregiving
Posted By Victor Volkman On December 11, 2007 @ 5:43 pm In aging, PTSD | No Comments
| Jacqueline Marcell interviews David W. Powell, author of [1] My Tour In Hell: A Marine’s Battle with Combat Trauma on [2] Coping With Caregiving airdate 12/08/2007. He’s been a guest on programs such as “The Pentagon Channel” and “Retirement Living TV Network.” David served as a rocket man with the US Marines in Vietnam from 1967 to ’68 and subsequently suffered for two decades with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Now his mission is to educate people about the effects of PTSD and how to find help. |  |
| Upon returning to civilian life after a two year enlistment in the Marines, David found himself with nightmares during sleep, intrusive thoughts while awake, a hypervigilant stance combined with an exaggerated startle reaction, and a seeming inability to control basic emotions like anger and sadness. The price he paid for what would only be diagnosed decades later as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was broken marriages and relationships, inability to hold a job, uncontrollable rage, and finally bankruptcy. David’s journey of redemption will be inspirational to anyone who is a veteran or has a loved one who has served. | [3]  |
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