Married to a Veteran: When Memories of Past Interrupt the Present
Category: WELLNESS
Everyone returns changed from a combat deployment. Spouses of combat soldiers frequently report their partner is typically less communicative, more emotionally distant, socially isolated, irritable, and more reactive. They generally report that the honeymoon period after coming home may have lasted three days, perhaps even a couple of weeks before the difficulties began.
By E. C. Hurley, Ph.D., Contributor
Retired Colonel in U.S. Army, 2012-02-19