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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Vet who attempted suicide facing sentencing?

‘I’m scared’
Local Army vet, struggling with PTSD, worried over upcoming sentencing for incident following suicidal episode

By WARREN HOWELER
Times Editor
Published:
Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:10 AM EDT
SAYRE — Rebecca Amey has two significant scars on her body.

One is on her left shoulder, the reminder that she survived an IED explosion while serving in Iraq as a U.S. Army intelligence analyst back in 2005-2006.

The other is on her left wrist — leftover from when her nightmares and flashbacks triggered a suicide attempt this summer.

Amey suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. She is currently on five medications to combat her anxiety, lingering pain from her injury and to help her sleep without the nightmares of that incident flowing back into her mind.



Dealing with the PTSD is a daily struggle for the 24-year-old mother of two. But it was the aftermath of her recent suicide attempt that may have lasting repercussions on her life and her family’s.

It was on July 23 when Amey left her house and attempted to commit suicide following her most recent flashbacks and nightmares. However, in her haste, Amey left her 3-year-old son Tristan and her 10-month-old son Andrew home — alone.

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Local Army vet, struggling with PTSD

2 comments:

  1. Rebecca never even made it out of basic training in Missouri. She was never over seas and never saw combat. She has some major psych issues and is making true vets look bad. Her scar is from shoulder surgery that had nothing to do with a military injury. I truly hope she gets the help she needs and stops making up stories.

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  2. Why are people so mean? You come on here, make a comment like this but hide behind anonymous? How brave you are to attack someone and then hide.

    True vets? What kind of a comment is that supposed to be? Do you know that PTSD does not just come from war? It comes after surviving a traumatic event, which there are many different causes. Sexual attacks, abuse, accidents, crimes, you name it and it can cause a lot of damage to a person's mind.

    As for this news report, the courts will figure out what is true and what has been made up and there is one thing else for sure. The people deciding won't be hiding behind an anonymous post on a blog.

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