It is my pleasure to introduce you to my friend, composition and veterans studies colleague, veteran spouse and caregiver, Corrine Hinton. I had the pleasure of meeting Corrine at a conference on composition last year in Houston. We were able to reconnect this year in Portland where she met Memphis and Sam. Corrine has graciously agreed to an … [Read more...]
Startle Response and How to Handle It…
Dealing with PTSD means dealing with a variety of emotions, lack of emotions, triggers, memories, and nightmares (just to name a few)...what some people do not realize is that there is a startle response that comes with all of that. What is startle response? Startle response is a defensive response, a mechanism to cope with a sudden or … [Read more...]
10 Things a Combat Veteran Wants You to Know
Today's post comes from http://www.military.com/, in a feature that was ran in 2012. Dated? A little. Important? I think so. So many combat veterans struggle with the reintegration into the civilian world after a life changing experience like deployment. At times it seems that only listening is key--and sometimes the combat veteran wants to … [Read more...]