Download or read book Vietnam My Deliverance Traumatic Stress My Salvation written by Jim Carmichael and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-08 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-traumatic stress disorder is both a gift and tool in God’s hands. The Lord has designed a person’s brain to adjust to the rigors of combat or abuse. Combat’s despair can also drive us to Christ. Jim Carmichael, Ph.D. looks back at his service in Vietnam and how it impacted his life upon returning home in this book. More importantly, he reveals how God led him to find redemption, obedience to God, and transformation into the image of Jesus Christ through suffering. In sharing his story, the author seeks to answer questions such as: · What is the purpose of PTSD? · Why don’t all combatants suffer from PTSD? · How can God deliver individuals from bondage? · What can be done to prevent PTSD victims from dying by suicide? The author stresses that the Veterans Administration should do more to teach veterans and their families about how the brain changes when it’s subjected to constant stress. He also highlights how combatants throughout history have been impacted by stress. Join the author as he praises and thanks God for using the horrors of Vietnam to drive him to Christ.
Download or read book My Thorn in the Flesh a Vietnam Veteran Speaks about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Bible written by Bobby D. Gayton and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09-04 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christian Combat Vietnam Veteran speaks about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how he struggled to find and to keep inner peace. He shows how his PTSD became "Pleasing The Savior Daily."
Download or read book Psalm Twenty Five and PTSD written by Robert Scholten and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare for a journey unlike any other as you step into the darkened realms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In Psalm 25 & PTSD, war veteran Robert Scholten does the unthinkable by giving readers access into hidden chambers of his life, which was forever changed by the Vietnam War. Robert analyzes each passage of Psalm 25 in relation to his struggles with PTSD, and his vivid word pictures will keep readers captivated along his passage through a seemingly hopeless domain without exits. Psalm 25 & PTSD is an unforgettable experience of hope for PTSD sufferers and those who love them. 'Scholten's book pulls readers into the very pitfalls of combat veterans. It is a must read for veterans with PTSD and anyone attempting to understand them.' —Sgt. David McCray, Section Chief, C Btry 4th/60th Arty & E-41st Arty, First Field Force Vietnam-1971 'The dilemma of being a good soldier and a godly man is a lesson for every veteran. Giving voice to recollections of his time in country, Robert bares his soul, challenging each of us to serve our country and each other.' —Robert B. Woolley M.D. Psychiatrist, Clinical PTSD Department, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky
Download or read book Voice of God written by Mr. Steve " E" Engel and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-12-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fictitious war story follows a troop from boot camp to Geneva. From high school to Washington. From private to general. From learning to walk to fighting PTSD. Using a weekend retreat to bring peace of mind for the whole troop. Lead by the “Voice of God” to victory in Vietnam. If soldiers have post-traumatic stress disorder, a Life in the Spirit Seminar (LITSS) will relieve the haunting of dead soldiers from the battlefield in the war. Give it up to God. -Life in the Spirit -Knights of Columbus
Download or read book It Changed My Life written by Dan Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of a combat veteran consists of violence and killings, and itas either kill or be killed. Post traumatic stress disorder is no stranger to a vet during wartime and after. Depression is now becoming a major part of my life, and war experiences or flashbacks have entered my life. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy is sharing first place with PTSD as my worst enemy. RSD can be explained in two wordsachronic painaand itas a combat-related injury produced by a traumatic force. I think it should be mandatory that all combat war veterans receive psychological examinations before a vet goes home after a tour of duty. Because itas not mandatory now, about sixty to seventy percent of the homeless are Vietnam veterans who possibly suffer from PTSD. After reading my book, please write or call your congressman or congresswoman and make this psychological exam mandatory for all veterans.
Download or read book From Vietnam to Hell written by Shirley Dicks and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I broke into a house, entering from the back door. When I left, two people inside were dead. I don't remember killing them, but I know I must have. All I can remember is the police chasing me. I thought I was in the jungle, with the Cong chasing me, trying to kill me before I could kill them.... I was nineteen years old and the Vietnam War was the high point in my life. I didn't come home in a body bag or a wheel chair. Even though I thought I had come home a complete person, it's evident that I didn't"--from the interview with Gary Cone. Interviews with Vietnam veterans and their family members explain as nothing else can the emotional consequences of wartime experiences. Many of these interviewees are now in prison as a result of the substance abuse or violence that characterizes PTSD.
Download or read book Ptsd Saved My Life written by Herman Williams and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "PTSD Saved My Life," is an autobiography of Herman L. Williams, chronicling his life's journey from the coal fields of West Virginia, to the battlefields of Vietnam. During combat, Herman sustained three physical wounds for which he was honored with three Purple Hearts. He also dealt with an invisible wound, being a victim of PTSD. By sharing candid details of his journey, Herman hopes to inspire every veteran of war to undergo PTSD screening, thus save themselves, their family and loved ones from needless suffering.
Download or read book Thirty Days with My Father written by Christal Presley and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Christal Presley's father was eighteen, he was drafted to Vietnam. Like many men of that era who returned home with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he was never the same.
Download or read book A Vietnam Trilogy Vol I written by Raymond M. Scurfield and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the stories of veterans and the author's own understanding as a psychiatric social work officer in Vietnam and his extensive post-war experiences as a mental health professional, A Vietnam Trilogy describes the impact of war on veterans from a psy.
Download or read book My thorn in the Flesh a Vietnam Veteran Speaks about Post Traumatic Stress written by Bobby D. Gayton and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Post traumatic Stress Disorder written by Padmal de Silva and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Decades Later written by Nona Hero and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the war's end, 58,220 American soldiers had been killed, more than 150,000 had been wounded, and at least 21,000 had been permanently disabled. The average age of the U.S. troops killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years. Approximately 830,000 Vietnam veterans suffered some degree of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Vietnam veterans suffered from PTSD in unprecedented numbers, as many as 15.2% of Vietnam veterans, because the U.S. military had routinely provided heavy psychoactive drugs, including amphetamines, to American servicemen, which left them unable to process adequately their traumas at the time This is not a book about my experiences during the Vietnam War. Rather, it is about the tragedy that was the Vietnam War. It is about the tragic and continuing consequences of the war on the civilian populations. It is about the physical and mental effects the war has had on us veterans. And it is about my continuing battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Download or read book The Endless Tour written by Amy L. Snow and published by Trafford on Demand Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war in Vietnam ended in 1973, but in the bodies, minds, and spirits of thousands of Vietnam combat veterans, the war relentlessly rages on. The on-going war they face daily is known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. By definition, PTSD in combat veterans is a delayed response to the trauma of war. It is estimated that as many as 30 to 35% of Vietnam veterans have significant PTSD. According to Veterans Administration authorities, approximately 1.5 million Vietnam veterans eventually will need psychiatric help based on delayed symptoms of PTSD. The greater, yet often unrecognized tragedy of PTSD, however, is that it also affects the wives, partners, children, and other loved ones of combat veterans. It is estimated that 900,000 wives and partners of Vietnam veterans and approximately 1.1 million children may also be affected, not to mention the approximately 4.7 million members of veterans' extended families. The author's husband of twenty years, Dwight Snow, is a Vietnam combat veteran with permanent and total disability due to PTSD. Treatment for combat veterans with PTSD primarily consists of antidepressants and talk-therapy. These only go so far. Family members seldom are included in the long term care the veteran receives. Psychological care falls far short of the need, and there is no long-term care for family members, who must learn through hard experience how to live day to day with the PTSD-wounded veteran. Psychological care is inadequate to the needs of combat veterans like Dwight and to the needs of their loved ones, and a yet deeper wound has been left untouched. That wound is a spiritual one. "Call it intuition, if you will, but I have a theory about Vietnam combat veterans and their spiritual histories. I suggest, based upon my experience with my husband and with his Vietnam veteran friends, that those combat veterans whose spiritual life and faith-ethic were the strongest prior to their traumatic combat experiences were the ones who suffered the greatest long-term damage," writes Rev. Snow. THE MISSION OF THIS BOOK: to share hope and healing with families, friends, and care-givers who witness daily the challenges facing a combat veteran whose wounds of war extend far deeper than meets the eye.
Download or read book Invisible written by William Blaylock and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Invisible" is real life: flashbacks, nightmares, and anger alongside friendship, love, and recovery. Bill Blaylock suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder for years. The ultimate revelation of his malady explained everything: the 39 jobs, the failed marriage, and the fear that prompted him to check the perimeter of his home every night-- even forty years after the war. The book "Invisible: PTSD's Stealth Attack on a Vietnam Veteran" is comfort for every soldier, every wife, every family, and every victim of a stealth disease that wreaks havoc with its gruesome memories, guilt, and loneliness. Despite the horrific experiences, Bill Blaylock has learned to cherish God, family, friends, and country.
Download or read book Vietnam written by Nancy Howell-Koehler and published by Morgan & Morgan, Incorporated. This book was released on 1984 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Achilles in Vietnam written by Jonathan Shay and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Long Healing Come Slowly written by Jim Carmichael and published by Life Rich Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Lloyd's life came to a screeching halt when his best friend, Cpl. Damien Wilson, was killed in Vietnam. Little did Michael know the black whirlpool of emotion Damien's death would set into motion. Michael's father, Stephen, President of Lloyd Hotels International, had been a B-24 pilot during the second World War. Stephen had put his combat experiences behind him- he thought. By 1968, Vietnam monopolized nightly newscasts viewed by millions of Americans at their dinner tables. Stephen attempted to dissuade his son from making any rash decisions about avenging Damien's death, but he overlooked the possibility of that death raking up terrifying memories of deadly flak, German ME-109s, and his riddled bomber lumbering to its German targets. Stephen began spiraling out of control, taking his family with him. This story is historical fiction based on true events. It discusses what was once termed 'Battle Fatigue' or 'Shell Shock', but known today as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). You will follow the Lloyds as they suffer the repercussions of PTSD, and the severe mental trauma that ambushes, as it victimizes the whole family. This account is about infinitely more than human reactions to shock and grief. It is about the King of redemption, the Lord Jesus Christ, as He preserves and governs His creatures with wisdom and power. This novel details the lives of one family, who are all woefully ignorant of the effects of war. It also describes the assuring hope of heaven in the midst of tragedy.
