Man versus Self
PTSD: Post traumatic stress disorder

Know the signs and symptoms
· Efforts to avoid thoughts, activities, or other things
· Anhedonia
· Sense of a foreshortened future
· Flash-backs
· Difficulty with sleep
· Irritability
· Outburst of anger
· Hypervigilance
· Difficulty concentrating
· Exaggerated startle response
· Intrusive thoughts
· Feeling “flat”
· Feeling detached
· Poor memory

If you, a loved one, or someone you know is suffering from PTSD please seek help by reaching out to someone. Go online, call, or ask for help to treat your symptoms.

In the story “Ambush” Tim O’Brien writes about the character Tim who has a bit of PTSD. Tim constantly sees the guy he threw a grenade at in his