Afghanistan Veteran's Mom Begs Canada to Save Son From Suicide

PTSD linked to soldier's 3 suicide attempts, family says
CBC News
Posted: Oct 24, 2014

“He tried to hang himself with a t-shirt,” his mother said. “He's crying out for help and nobody's there. I do not want my son to become a statistic, but that's what's happening.”

The family of a soldier from Halifax is afraid for his life as he struggles with what he believes to be an undiagnosed case of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Kim and Steven Dixon say their son, Cpl. Thomas Dixon, has tried to kill himself three times since June.

Most recently, he tried to end his life in an Edmonton military jail.

​“My son, he was always army. Growing up [in the] cadets, he loved it,” Kim Dixon said. “Then he went over to Afghanistan. That's when things turned around for him.”

Dixon's parents saw the change in their son almost immediately when he came home.

“He came back, he was very moody, he had a temper — all the signs you would see of people who have PTSD,” she said.
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