This week I talk with The Havok Journal owner Charlie Faint and Andrew, an 18-year old firefighter on the East Coast. I know what you’re thinking – Continue Reading
PTSD
Mean Tweets and PTSD: Facts, Fakers, and the Future
This article was first published on May 18, 2014... but it never seems to get old. _____ Americans love labels. We look to distinguish ourselves by Continue Reading
Veterans Coping with PTSD Through Natural Plants: A Discussion with Ryan LeCompte
“It’s a fundamental wrong if I as an adult am not free over my own consciousness. Then I am absolutely not sovereign over anything. I can’t claim any Continue Reading
3 Unconventional Ways of Coping with PTSD
Incessant horror, anger, fear, shame, guilt, and extreme estrangement from other people are some of the overt manifestations of post-traumatic stress Continue Reading
“It’s all in your head” – mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)
by Geoffrey P. Dardia. Anyone who has battled with brain injury knows the frustration of having their injury downplayed because they "look fine" Continue Reading
100% Disabled Veterans Should be Eligible for Worldwide Space-A Flights
by Harvey Porter The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act allows veterans with a permanent and total service-connected Department of Veterans Continue Reading
Medicinal Marijuana and PTSD: Not All It’s Puffed Up To Be?
by Frank Jefferson Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a troublesome process that has crippled up to 13% of the veterans of Operation Iraqi Continue Reading
Finding the Magic Pill for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
“What branch of service were you in?” That’s usually the first question I am asked when I tell a service member or veteran that I have a Traumatic Continue Reading
Depression and the VA: A Rant That’s Not Meant to be a Rant, but is…
by Kat Kaelin I’ve dealt with depression for probably the last ten years of my life. At first, I just dealt with it, knowing I’d gone through a Continue Reading
High Risk Soldier
I decided to purchase High Risk Soldier for two reasons. First, the cover art drew me in: a shot glass filled with pills and a 9mm round. The imagery Continue Reading
#22toZero: Captain Jamie Brunette and “The Moment”
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on February 25, 2015. However, the subject remains just as relevant today. What is the difference between me Continue Reading
PTSD: “Drama” is Not “Trauma”
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 30, 2014. It seems there are a lot of people out there these days who don’t quite understand Continue Reading