[Americanexpat]

A lot of combat veterans suffer from PTSD and never seek any help for it. Some people deal with it better than others. They just try to get on with their lives and put it behind them. But you don't really, you think about it once or twice a day, everyday.

In a few years will will see the toll it takes on the people currently serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. Those kids are under a lot of battle stress right now. A lot of them see action during the day and then come back to quarters at night to get hit with rockets or mortars.

[caisson71]

I understand, somewhat, what they are going through. The military does a lot better job in PTSD mitigation now than during the VietNam war. Generally speaking, a strong family support system, counseling, education and aversion to addiction - all types - helps in handling battle stress.