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When hubby was coming home from Afghanistan a year ago, I spoke to veterans, including YOU, to find out what to expect. I took a VA-sponsored class on PTSD so I could understand some of this and help him if I could.
One of the things we learned is that there are many things/habits that kept you alive over there. Hyper-awareness of people around you, never putting your back to a door, ducking at certain noises (that over here turn out to be a car backfiring, etc), sleeping lightly, sleeping with lights on. The list they gave us literally goes on and on (wish I could find my paperwork). And guess what? These things worked! You know this because you're alive! And that's why your body/mind have a hard time letting go of some of them. It doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with you. If it bothers you, ask a VA counselor about it. Do you still have one?
Many of the people ('students') in this VA class are family members of Vietnam veterans. Most still have some issues/habits/whatever you want to call them. So you really aren't alone if your mind and body haven't let go of everything they picked up over there.
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