Dealing With Traumatic Combat Memories in Later Life

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By Vaughn DeCoster, MSW, PhD, LCSW, ACSW

Associate Professor of Social Work

University of Southern Indiana

Life in a war zone can be days of boredom and monotony, interrupted by moments of excitement, terror or fear. Often it is the “what if’s” that plague combat veterans in the years to come. What if we had turned right instead of left? What if I had been in that spot? What if we had never gone? Traumatic events can be life changing, but often we’d like to wipe them from our minds completely.
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