Getting Help
Signs of possible trouble (Service Member)
- Irritability, jumpiness
- Anger easily and “blow up” at loved ones or friends
- Feeling hyper-alert, needing to be careful, on the watch for danger
- Feeling emotionally flat, uninvolved with people, distant
- Feeling you can’t relate to life around you or to the concerns of your family or friends in the way you used to
- Difficulty concentrating, paying attention, poor memory
- Difficulty sleeping, nightmares
- Episodes of tearfulness for no apparent reason
- Feelings that people at home “don’t get it” and you can’t really explain it to them
- Feelings of not fitting in
- More TV, internet use, video games than before
- Increased use of alcohol, drugs
- Feelings of sadness or guilt
