Transcendental Meditation helping ease PTSD

There is only one road to PTSD and its location is any place where traumatic events happen. We can understand when someone is changed by a natural disaster, an accident or a crime but we have a harder time understanding when a firefighter, EMT, police officer or member of the armed forces end up with PTSD. Considering the number of times the road they travel is filled with trauma, it should be easier to understand the suffering they endure. Is it because we expect more of them? Think their training should shield them from the hell they are sent into? Whatever causes our lack of understanding, we allow it to get in the way of their healing.

There are many different programs offering help with PTSD. Yoga, Martial Arts along with a list of physical approaches helps take care of the body and Transcendental Meditation helps calm the body down taking care of the spirit. With many veterans the spiritual healing they need will not come from a religious approach to healing their soul/spirit, so this fills the need for some. When this is coupled with their faith being addressed, it is of tremendous benefit to the veteran. They need their mind-body and soul tended to since all of the "veteran" is paying the price for where they were sent to go to.

Overcoming the Nightmare of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Eighteen veterans will commit suicide every day—a horrific consequence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In fact, more veterans die by suicide every year than are killed annually in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Over 500,000 U.S. troops deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001 suffer from PTSD.
Forty percent of all homeless people are veterans.
Health care costs for all veterans with PTSD will be an estimated $6.2 billion biannually.
David Lynch Foundation

There is no "one size fits all" healing so keep looking until you find what works for you. Take care of your own "trinity" of your body, your mind and your soul/spirit and you will find a better life. Remember when it comes to traumatic events, you took the road less traveled by others.