UNK Collegiate Veterans host panel on Post Traumatic Stress

UNK COLLEGIATE VETERANS ORGANIZATION SPONSORS EXPERTS PANEL ON POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) THURSDAY, NOV. 8


Date: November 5, 2007
Contact: Amber McCrory


In October of 2004, Amber McCrory was sent to Iraq to serve the nation in an increasingly debated war. McCrory, formerly of Amherst, served for 11 months in Iraq with the 313th Medical Company. While there, she saw things that many could never imagine.

When she arrived home in November of 2005, things were different for this veteran. Understandably, the experiences that she had while in Iraq had affected her; there was no way to forget everything that she had seen.

Now a student at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, McCrory has made great strides to re-acclimate herself with being home. Perhaps one of the greatest discoveries that McCrory made after coming home from Iraq was to learn of a condition that she had--post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

It was after learning about having PTSD that McCrory began attending counseling sessions. In these sessions, McCrory realized the reactions she was having were very normal and not her fault. Her doctor described them as normal reactions to an abnormal situation.

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