This Vietnam Vet Had PTSD For Years -- And He Didn't Know It | Personal
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Veteran Tucker Smallwood was wounded during the Vietnam War and almost died. He returned home, where he created a new life and found success as an actor. But years later, when he experienced a triggering event, he realized he was depressed and was diagnosed with PTSD. This is an all-too-common story for veterans, and Smallwood is hoping to raise awareness for other veterans who haven’t yet sought out help. Subscribe to HuffPost today: goo.gl/xW6HG
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I am a 68 yo Navy Veteran who had undiagnosed PTSD for 42 years, homeless and riding freight trajns for years, alchoholic and drug addict, tso marriages and 4 children lost,,,
You just made me tear up! I just found out that my dad was a Vietnam veteran (army) he struggled with all the same things you did. Now I understand. Thank you for your service!
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I’m 68 as well, US Army veteran 1973..Welcome home brother.
Post traumatic stress disorder is so devastating . I know of soldiers that still have nightmares about bombs coming down as elderly men all those years later.
They didn't ask to go to war. They were drafted and made to go to war. And the people were NOT nice when they returned home. They did what they were told. We should have welcomed them upon their arrival. EVERY war since then, they get welcomed home.
Yep. They kissed our asses because of how they treated the Vietnam Vets. Shame.
It wasn’t our war yo fight
WRONG. WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER GONE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I look at it as, if you voted for biden YOU WANT WARRRRRRRRRRR" ! Drop your socks and pull your cocks we going to warrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
@@quava1550 everything they said was correct. He never said the war was right. Soldiers are humans.
Welcome home. You have just clarified what is most important, because of your service you helped those in need.
Welcome home brother. I'm also a Vietnam Vet, I served with the 1st Cav. Div from 6/69 to 8/70 . We operated out of Tay Ninh in the III corp area. One night while I was at work and taking my lunch break I just fell apart, I was sobbing and shaking like a leaf in the wind. Someone came in and found me, he called my wife to come get me and the next day she started the process of getting me help. About a year later I got into the VA mental health care clinic and that's when the healing process really kicked in for me. I have been going to war trauma group sessions for the last 20 years and that has helped me in ways I couldn't have imagined all those years before. I also see a psychiatrist at the VA and he has done wonders helping me to live with PTSD. My wife, son, daughter-in-law and grandson are very supportive. There are times when I am not at the top of my game but at least I now know and understand what is happening to me and how to deal with it. I want to say thank you, you are an inspiration for me.
To both of you and your brothers and sisters who served. You may not have known him or ever met him, but my father also served. 23 years active duty and he fought in Korea and 'Nam with the 25th Infantry Div. You had my father's back, even if you didn't know it. Thank you, and welcome home.
"Doc B"
1st ID HHC 1-16 Inf MECH
Medical Platoon, Evac Section
Iron Rangers, DUTY FIRST!!!
RIP
E.D. Case [SF] and James Lee [Rangers]
You are not forgotten by your Iron Ranger Medic brothers...
Did you get sent to Go Noi Island.
Stop sending soldiers to never ending wars. Medic.
As a former US Army Combat Medical Specialist, I concur. I'm reminded of what my Plat Daddy once told me. "Cops protect those who can't defend themselves. Soldiers fight for those who can't fight for themselves. Medics pick up the pieces and try to put them back together again."
"It's our calling, whether on the streets or in the crops. The mountains or the swaps. The seas or the beaches. It's what 'we' are trained for and born for. When my father died, I memorized a poem and recited it when he was buried with honors.
-"If you are able, save them a place inside you, And save one backward glance when you are leaving, for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may, or may not have always. Take what they have left, and what they have taught you with their dying, and keep it as your own. And in that time that when men decide, and feel safe, to call the war insane, take one moment, to embrace these gentle heroes you left behind."
POEM BY MAJOR MICHAEL DAVIS O’DONNELL WRITTEN ON JANUARY 1, 1970 AT DAK TO
Who died in a helicopter crash in Cambodia in March 1970
Welcome home sir!! Welcome home!!
That is so raw and accurate Sir! I'm not a Vet, but I do have PTSD (workplace accident) that's how it is. I love his outlook: "I am who I am because of my experiences." I'll keep that in mind.
Got me teared up. My parents has PTSD after the genocide right after the end of Vietnam war. It's hard.
Thank you for sharing that, Armani. I hope that you and your parents know that they are never alone. there are so many people who care deeply for you guys, even though we have never met. We are all human, and that's what should connect us and cause us to have empathy for one another. God bless you!
Thank you for answering the call to serve our great nation.
I'm 30 ridden with health issues and pain from being broken and abused by my Vietnam vet dad. I dont feel human... I dont hate him that path led me hear. But man do I feel like I think he did in society and i fight the darkness he passed on to me every day my names river. I have noone thanks for listening stranger
Hi there. I don’t know your story but your comment reminds me of my relationship with my dad and the issues I face today. He never really talked about what bothered him about going, he convinced himself it was “fun”. Anywho, hang in there 💕
Sir thank you for doing this interview and just talking you have my utmost respect may God bless and protect you and all Vietnam vets for what you all endured and had to come home to . From the son of a Canadian USMC Vietnam veteran who served two tours 67-69 with the 1st Marine Division welcome home .
Damn good interview, damn good story! Welcome home brother!!!
I am a survivor.!!!!!! I love it .God bless you , Welcome home , and thank you for your service .
Welcome home. You brought tears to my eyes.
Thank you for your service, your story and welcome home soldier. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL OUR VIETNAM VETERANS WE REALLY DO. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙌💯😇🙏👏🇺🇸👌
Excellent interview, thank you for sharing your story.
Most of the people coming home after WW2 had PTSD and no one knew it, it hadn’t been labeled back then.
Thank You Tucker.
Big welcome home.
Thank you for serving our country.
God Bless you. I am married, 43 years to a USMC Vietnam Vet. I have helped this man every day of our time together. He is Finally getting better. No there is no 100% better but there is 90% better, I'll take that
Great Video, I really appreciate what you had to say and thanks for being so honest about your symptoms and how it affected your life. Welcome Home.
I, too, am a veteran who struggled from 1979 to 2017 when I was diagnosed with service-connected PTSD and depression. I have diligently worked with my VA health team to address the symptoms that persist. I have over 300 hours (yes, three-hundred) of active participation in an intensive outpatient program and expect to continue the growth I have experienced for years to come. I just turned 69, and look forward to many more years of productive life.
This video deserves at least 100,000 views. What a great interview.
my father was British royal artillery ww2 and only towards the end of his life did he talk about his experiences witch sounded horrific but I think the guys then kept what happened to themselves
You don't just say it to each other. As a younger veteran, I always say it to you guys. This country kisses our asses because of what they did to you. Your country owes you an apology AT A MINIMUM. Welcome home guys. Thanks for giving me a chance to serve.
Welcome Home my friend, and thank you for your service. You are an in credible man and have a powerful message. Love from Canada.
My dad served in Vietnam in 1968 and never talked about it. When asked about his experiences in combat he would change the subject or get visibly annoyed.
Welcome Home!
My dad has ptsd and was a detective in the sheriffs department at east LA, and he got over it.
Good for him. Not everybody is so fortunate.
I remember him in film I was born in the early 60s. I am a vet peace time. I remember seeing the war on TV as a very young boy.. it made no sense to me.. when I grew up as I found over the years processing it in all ages of my life.. it made no sense. I've had friends some years older than me who toured in Vietnam. It never made sense to me. Welcome home. Thank you for sharing your story. God bless.
Welcome home 😢❤
It took me 48 years n 4 months to finally ask for help and admit I had something wrong with me n now I get help at the VA . I see a psych doctor every couple of weeks n every Wednesday I go to a peer support group at the VA so it's never never to late to ask for help. Welcome Home Brothers n please get the help that you earned you won't regret it
When he said , the sound of the helicopter n he glanced outside , i saw the war in that half second in his eye
God bless you
Welcome home!
Thank you for your service
Welcome Home Bro !!!
"Sua Sponte"
Welcome home, sir!!
Welcome home my friend
PTSD causes by a only traumatic experiencie, but veterans has a many, repetitive, and intense traumatic experiencies, in that case de correct diagnosis is complex PTSD or complex trauma. in this diagnosis, the effects of trauma has more greater than simple PTSD. PTSD includes sympthoms like avoidance, flahsbacks, and arousal hiperactivation, in complex ptsd or complex trauma include sympthons like loss of life sense, dissociation, biological brain changes, and other complex sintomatology
The US abandoned South VietNam BIG Time. The US escaped, pulled out and abandoned without warning. But thanks goodness they also took all South Vietnamese with them. Anyone can escape, escaped, either by boat or by military planes and the US would help the newcomers Vietnamese settle throughout in the US. Vietnamese are highly intelligent , hardworking people; didn’t take them that long to become so successful in the US.
It was common knowledge what was going to happen .
This is Jennifer Sinclair. This soldier is amazing.
God bless
nice work editor good clean cuts
Welcome.home
My nieces mother helps by sending them packages. Im going to ask her if theirs something i can do to help❤
All that fighting for what? He is just living ordinary life today.
W E L C O M E home hero,s🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖
I can't be the only one here cause of Rambo
Its horible.ptsd war is horible ......vietnan veterans went through hell and you cant forget ......
Some ate roast beef. And many never came home.
karma for killing innocent villagers in the Mỹ Lai Massacre
damn you’re edgy bro
He looks like that guy from the matrix movie trilogy.
Laurence fishburn
SIgh.
rip bozo
Welcome home and thank you for your service! Huffington post still SUCKS.
Vietnam: Just another stupid ass war where there were lots of kids lost and lots of millionaires made. An ungrateful nation deserves just we have here now in 2020. A republic divided. Soon to fall.