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As a result of my own experiences, I'm well aware that peers can often offer the best forms of validation, connection and healing. No one better understands what the individual is going through than those who have been there, and no one can offer a better beacon of hope than those who have recovered.

This discussion is for the personal accounts of veterans who are struggling with or have moved through their experience of combat trauma. Please feel free to share your own account or that of others.