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Hi. My name is Christal Presley, and I'm the daughter of a Vietnam veteran with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Though I have never been to war, I share many of my father's symptoms. This blog provides resources and support for children of veterans with secondary/vicarious PTSD, also known as intergenerational PTSD. Stay tuned for interviews with veterans, adult children of veterans, and mental health professionals, as well as a memoir about my survival of secondary war trauma.
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Your website is wonderful! I believe we met once not too long ago in Decatur at a Veterans Heart seminar. I’m a VN vet and have turned my energy now to a veterans movement called Veterans for Truth in Military Recruiting based in Atlanta at American Friends Service Committee. It’s good re-connecting and let’s “keep up the fire” to end these crazy Vietnam war lookalikes.
Mike Burke
P.S. couldn’t get video to come in — probably me!!!
Hey Christal. Long time. Great site. I am being showcased in a national newspaper here in Queensland, Australia regarding my work on the heritability of PTSD and the secondary effects of this condition…
Could you please post these links as well….
• http://eprints.qut.edu.au/13794/
• http://eprints.qut.edu.au/650/1/obrien_ken.pdf
Great. Can I call you “Sis”? Feels like we’re related through our fathers’ experiences….(truly).
Take care…Soldier on.
Christal, my dad was drafted to Vietnam in 1968 as well. He recently took the advice from my mom to go to the VA, and they have discovered that he suffers from PTSD. During my whole childhood i felt as if there was something that i did to set my dad off. I havent really chatted with him over the years, and i am afraid that one day it will be to late. Ive tried a few times to have him talk to me or to a counseler to help with the issues that he is facing. But just like you said that was a word that we did not bring up in my house. VIETNAM.
My dad was in Vietnam from ’67 to ’69 with the US Army. He is also a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the Oregon Army National Guard.
It has been my wish to help younger children (I am 38) of vets with PTSD. I have found that there are programs for the vets and their spouses, but I haven’t found anything for the children. Is there anything out there that I can get some ideas from or a program that can be adapted for the area in which I live?
I live in Coos Bay, Oregon.
Thank you for your time,
Becki Watson