After Fire: Posttraumatic Stress Injuries After a Unique Combat Deployment

An invisible and unrecognized injury occurred on deployment as a combat advisor in Afghanistan on June 2006. After Fire is a stand-alone, open account of how traumatic events led to a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis. This deep and personal insight brings awareness to this invisible mental health condition as an injury. Explore a journey through traumatic events through the realization and acceptance of posttraumatic stress injury (PTSI). Discover positive coping mechanisms and treatments and how PTSI differs from moral injury, and understand how harmful coping mechanisms caused additional anxiety and depression. An easy, must-read to continue to break the stigma.