My Tour In Hell
Subtitle: A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma (Reflections of History Series, V. 1)
Contributors: Tom, Joyce (Foreword)
Publisher: Modern History Press
Published: January 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781932690231
Subjects: Biography: general; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Military; Military - Vietnam War; Psychopathology - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Biography & Autobiography / Military; History-Military - Vietnam War; Psychology & Psychiatry-Psychopathology - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Biography; Disabled veterans; Patients; Personal narratives, American; Post-traumatic stress disorder; United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Description: Author Powell enlisted with the US Marines in April 1966. His journey from naive civilian to battle-hardened combat veteran shows us how fragile our humanity really is. In addition to killing the enemy, he was witness to countless cruelties, including cold-blooded, casual murder, cowardice under fire, and callous disregard for life. Upon returning to civilian life after two years, he found himself with nightmares, intrusive thoughts, an exaggerated startle reaction, and a seeming inability to control basic emotions. The price he paid for what would be diagnosed only decades later as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder was broken marriages and relationships, inability to hold down jobs, and alcohol abuse. In 1989, David recovered through a simple but powerful technique known as Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) and is now symptom-free. His story shows what is possible for anyone who has suffered traumatic stress, and that hope, healing, and recovery can be theirs too.--From publisher description.