Posted: May 14, 2012
By Jeff Hansel
The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
Symptoms of PTSD The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which offers online screening, lists PTSD symptoms such as: • Re-living a bad memory of an event, sometimes triggered by a sight, sound or smell. • Avoidance of potential reminders of bad events and shutting off emotionally to protect from pain and fear. • Hypervigilance or increased arousal that can make a person startle easily, staying on high alert and having a short fuse.
If you have ''disturbing thoughts and feelings for more than a month, if they're severe, or if you feel you're having trouble getting your life back under control, talk to your health care professional," recommends Mayo Clinic's website.
Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder has become a focus as increasing numbers of veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq return from deployment.
To help, planners have set a goal of getting 200,000 people across the United States to participate in a Soldiers Ride for Rehab to support veterans. The ride takes place June 9.
"We're trying to bring awareness and help to all the veterans who are suffering from traumatic syndrome, or PTSD, as it's called," said Dave Soderberg, a civilian participant who has been helping to raise awareness of the ride.
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