Symptoms of PTSD make transition to civilian life difficult for soldiers

Sergeant Johnathan Bratcher's deployment from a marine base in Japan to a secluded valley in Afghanistan brought round-the-clock stress. When he returned to the United States, his attitude was noticeably altered.

Bratcher served in Afghanistan from August 2007 to April 2008. He came back home from Japan in 2010.

"My mother said that I was quiet when I got home," said Bratcher, a senior finance major. "I was also jumpy."

When men and women in the military return home from combat, some find settling back into their old lives – socially and psychologically – difficult, a potential indicator of post-traumatic stress disorder.

By Timberly Moore

http://www.dailyhelmsman.com/news/symptoms-of-ptsd-make-transition-to-civilian-life-difficult-for-soldiers-1.2619873#.TozAhckT9gE

Hell and Back Again Documentary - Must See!!

From his embed with US Marines Echo Company in Afghanistan, photojournalist and filmmaker Danfung Dennis reveals the devastating impact a Taliban machine-gun bullet has on the life of 25-year-old Sergeant Nathan Harris. The film seamlessly transitions from stunning war reportage to an intimate, visceral portrait of one man’s personal struggle at home in North Carolina, where Harris confronts the physical and emotional difficulties of re-adjusting to civilian life with the love and support of his wife, Ashley. Masterfully contrasting the intensity of the frontline with the unsettling normalcy of home, HELL AND BACK AGAIN lays bare the true cost of war.

Winner of World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival '11

A Film by Danfung Dennis

Hell and Back Again

Opens at the Film Forum in NYC on Oct 5th

With screenings daily through Oct 18th

Director Danfung Dennis in person after evening shows 10/5 – 10/8! Click here for details!

What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home - injured physically and psychologically - and build a life anew? HELL AND BACK AGAIN is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve.

  

" . . . a vivid and moving testament to what's really going on in Afghanistan, and in the hearts and minds of the soldiers fighting there." 

- Entertainment Weekly, Owen Gleiberman

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