BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from Mullings.com
A man named Omar Gonzalez jumped over a fence along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, ran across a lawn, and, was finally tackled as he crossed the threshold of the White House.
His family has said that Gonzalez is a veteran who served three tours in Iraq. They say he has been seeing a therapist at Fort Hood, Texas, suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
That is our subject today.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is the phrase used to describe the psychological issues that often – not always, but certainly not never – appear after military service in a war zone. Continue reading