I have always known about post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but I never realized just how serious the effects are, or how widely its spread it is through returning veterans. It is hard to just comprehend how devastating PTSD must be in order to affect so many people with such powerful symptoms and results. In truth it scares me that so many people have been affected by it because it was in my plans to join the navy after college. I now question whether I will be able to handle the effects of war and if I was to fight whether I would be affected by PTSD. I still plan to enter the military and become a navy fighter pilot.
But I now wonder even if I was to survive the fighting and come back just how messed up would I be afterwards. Would I never be able to operate in normally society again? Would I keep reliving battles? Would I see the deaths of friends and enemies again every night? Would I see things no one else sees? Would I hear things no one else hears? These questions make me question my resolve to serve in the armed forces but I still plan to join the navy knowing the risks. In the end I hope the people who suffer from PTSD can overcome it, that the military set up a functioning system that helps the soldiers affected by PTSD. Because I feel it is the military’s responsibility to care for the physical and mental well being to those who risked their lives.
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