In the scholarly Journal depicting a young man’s struggle
with the system’s set in place following his deployment with the Illinois
National Guard shows a few of the problem’s that modern soldiers faced in the
early years of the war. The Young man, Jeffrey O’Donnell, suffered from
undiagnosed PTSD for six months after returning home, even though he had
reported his symptoms to the proper channels. His problem’s consisted of heightened
awareness, an inability to sleep, and a fear of crowds and physical contact. The
case fell through the cracks, with the heavy flow of men and woman coming back
with these symptoms there were a lot of cases like this. Jeffrey knew there was
something wrong with the feelings he was having, and that they were worse than
the normal changes a man has when they come back from war. He sought help from
local doctors and found that the problems that he was dealing with were common
amongst those who had gone through the same types of things that he had. PTSD
is not just a problem with soldiers returning from war but those of rape
victims, victims of brutal accidents, and of various tragic circumstances. The
help was there, and so was the ability to diagnose the problems these soldiers
were coming back with, but the systems needed to diagnose and treat were not
set up. Changes have been made now, we have been at war for over twelve years
now, but has there been enough said and done in order to effectively prevent
the problem from occurring?
