Iraq war veteran eager to help others with disorder

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http://www.dodgeglobe.com/stories/011805/reg_20050118009.shtml

LAWRENCE - It has been two months since Jared Myers awoke in his Lawrence apartment and realized he was a mental wreck.
"I was having trouble functioning as a normal human being," the 24-year-old Army Reserve sergeant said. "Basically, I crashed." snip

"He had an emotional breakdown," Smith said. "When he contacted me he wasn't even able to articulate." snip

By the end of the day, Myers, a decorated veteran of the Iraq War, had been admitted to the hospital. He spent the next three weeks being diagnosed and treated for post-traumatic stress disorder.

"Jared wasn't the same person he was before he went to Iraq," Smith said. "I saw him withdrawing socially. I saw him withdrawing from me. There were a couple of nights when we sat up talking and I knew then there was something wrong and that he just didn't realize it yet. I urged him to get some help but I couldn't force him to see a doctor until he realized he needed help."

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1. God bless him

Hope things work out for him. He's lucky he got help in time.

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2. The bitter reality of this brutal war

...home to the heartland of America. Well, they voted for it.

Poor kid. Stupid war, and the ones at the low end of the totem pole are paying for it.