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Seth Moulton discloses PTSD, unveils military mental health proposal
Source: Politico
Seth Moulton discloses PTSD, unveils military mental health proposal
The Democratic presidential candidate sought treatment after his combat deployments during the Iraq War.
By ALEX THOMPSON 05/28/2019 05:54 PM EDT
Rep. Seth Moulton, a Marine veteran who is running for president, will introduce a plan Tuesday evening to expand military mental health services and will disclose that he sought treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder after his combat deployments during the Iraq War.
I had some particular experiences or regrets from the war that I just thought about every day, and occasionally Id have bad dreams or wake up in a cold sweat, the Massachusetts Democrat told POLITICO in an interview ahead of a Tuesday night event in Massachusetts that will begin a Veterans Mental Health Tour in early-primary states. But because these experiences werent debilitating I didnt feel suicidal or completely withdrawn, and I was doing fine in school it took me a while to appreciate that I was dealing with post-traumatic stress and I was dealing with an experience that a lot of other veterans have.
Moulton arrived home in 2008 and sought counseling in 2009, trying a few therapists before finding one he connected with and met with weekly.
I got to the point where these experiences werent haunting me every day, he said. Theyll always be there and there will always be regrets that I have, but I got to a point where I could deal with them and manage them. Its been a few years now since Ive woken up in a cold sweat in bed from a bad dream or felt so withdrawn from my friends or whatever that I would just go home and go to bed because I miss being overseas with the Marines.
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The Democratic presidential candidate sought treatment after his combat deployments during the Iraq War.
By ALEX THOMPSON 05/28/2019 05:54 PM EDT
Rep. Seth Moulton, a Marine veteran who is running for president, will introduce a plan Tuesday evening to expand military mental health services and will disclose that he sought treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder after his combat deployments during the Iraq War.
I had some particular experiences or regrets from the war that I just thought about every day, and occasionally Id have bad dreams or wake up in a cold sweat, the Massachusetts Democrat told POLITICO in an interview ahead of a Tuesday night event in Massachusetts that will begin a Veterans Mental Health Tour in early-primary states. But because these experiences werent debilitating I didnt feel suicidal or completely withdrawn, and I was doing fine in school it took me a while to appreciate that I was dealing with post-traumatic stress and I was dealing with an experience that a lot of other veterans have.
Moulton arrived home in 2008 and sought counseling in 2009, trying a few therapists before finding one he connected with and met with weekly.
I got to the point where these experiences werent haunting me every day, he said. Theyll always be there and there will always be regrets that I have, but I got to a point where I could deal with them and manage them. Its been a few years now since Ive woken up in a cold sweat in bed from a bad dream or felt so withdrawn from my friends or whatever that I would just go home and go to bed because I miss being overseas with the Marines.
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/28/seth-moulton-ptsd-mental-health-1345848
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Seth Moulton discloses PTSD, unveils military mental health proposal (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2019
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)1. #FiveWhiteMen needs more than a mental health plan,
including for himself.
No excuses for trying to take our speaker out with absolutely no qualified candidate available to replace her. If this overly ambitious and under-principled blue dog wants to work for the Republicans he should run as a Republican.
And no excuses for, when he failed, snatching at the misogynistic "victory" of making the one woman among 12 top leaders in the two parties agree to be term-limited.
Permanently self-disqualified.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Little Star
(17,055 posts)2. +100000000
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden