Page 901 - Total War on PTSD

Back in 2012 when I was raped by the two Battle Buddies and my command swept it under the carpet. I ended up going to Congress and getting an expedited transfer for safety. Those who don't report are not getting the support from their Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) that they should. And if they do speak up their command tries to hush it up and sweep it under the carpet. My command tried that and I ended up taking my First Sergeant and my Commanders rank. At the same time, I was dealing with a very bad situation at home. I walked into work one time with internal bleeding from one side of my face down, and people at my command basically just looked at me and then walked off in the opposite direction. I did fairly well for the first couple of years and then I had a mental breakdown. You can only be strong for so long. I think I was just done coping or rather I didn't have the coping skills. I did two different hospitals as inpatient. One was in San Antonio and the other in Colorado. There were a couple shorter stays as well, for medication stabilization.
I was diagnosed with five traumatic brain injuries, Chronic PTSD, Bi-Polar, seizures, migraines, knee injuries, shoulder injuries, anxiety, panic attacks, extreme aggression, and other issues and injuries too many to list. Some days are better than others. I have a lot of trouble sleeping. I either want to sleep too much or don't sleep at all because of the nightmares and stuff like that.
Once I got to Fort Stewart, that's when I started doing safety stand downs and telling my story and how I survived that and how it doesn't matter if there are repercussions, which is in itself against military regulation, they needed to come forward because not reporting when things like this happen...it's an epidemic. I think that seeing and dealing with that made me a better
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