Veteran, struggling with PTSD, disappears for a month to hike Appalachian Trail
WNCN
Nate Rodgers
Published: September 11, 2015
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — It pains Michael Kirkpatrick that his need to heal ended up worrying many loved ones.
The 29-year-old worked as an Army infantryman for nearly three years.
Like many others before him, he experienced the death of a fellow colleague.
“When they just disappear and you just find out they’re gone that’s a hard thing to get through,” Kirkpatrick said Thursday.
For Kirkpatrick, returning to civilian life was a challenge. In addition to struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, he recently separated from his wife and kids.
“I was in this hole in the ground, where I guess it felt like it kept getting deeper, debt, not seeing the kids and not being able to talk to them as much as I want,” Kirkpatrick said.
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