TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – Many veterans live with lifelong trauma after serving in the road of duty.

“He definitely experienced some traumatic experiences from his service, but he was still very happy with his service,” says Travis Gladhill, executive director of Camp V, when speaking about his farther who served within the Vietnam War.

Gladhill served 22 years within the air force and says he was inspired by his father and other members of the family who all served.

“I definitely feel having a powerful social wellness directly corelates to your mental wellness at the identical time,” said Gladhill.

Gladhill says with the ability to check with someone in a non-judgmental way helped him to beat his own personal challenges after retiring.

“If you get out of the military the largest thing that you just miss is that family, that comradery ship, that commonality, that you’ve gotten along with your brothers and sisters,” Gladhill said.

Elizabeth Coe is a psychologist at Warriors Research Institute at Baylor Scott & White Health.

She lists a few of the key signs to search for to find out if a veteran is in need.

“Post-traumatic stress or PTSD, other things like depression symptoms or anxiety or substance use, anger issues or relationship issues,” said Coe.

Coe recommends desirous about the traumatic experience in depth as an alternative of avoiding it.

She stressed that avoiding a traumatic experience and finding ways to manage through it could actually often result in more stress and anxiety.

“Taking note of it for the aim of processing through and moving beyond,” said Coe.

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