A public forum for sharing stories of service, Real Combat Life hopes to ease holiday stress for members of the military, particularly those with PTSD
MANKATO, Minn., Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Patrick Nelson has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Serving three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and watching two of your friends die in an explosion can do that to a guy. But instead of getting mad, Patrick Nelson is waxing poetic on his very public blog, Real Combat Life (www.realcombatlife.com). And he's hoping other soldiers will do the same, particularly during the often-stressful holiday season.
Nelson launched Real Combat Life, which recently received a Pepsi Refresh Project grant, in December 2009 as a personal blog to help him manage his PTSD as the holidays were approaching. The blog quickly gained the attention of other veterans and active troops and is now a public journaling site for veterans and active soldiers alike.
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