Impact of PTSD on Quality of Life

PTSD profoundly affects the psychological and physical health of American Indian veterans and their families. In many ways, PTSD interferes not only with enjoying life, but even with "having a life." PTSD can involve an endless struggle with:

• Guilt "Why am I alive if I didn't do enough to save my buddies, and if I am no good to my family?"
• Grief "I can never stop thinking of the men we left behind."
• Distrust "We were lied to and used by the country we were trying to protect, so how can I trust anyone?"