What Does Real Honor Look Like On Memorial Day

What Does Real Honor Look Like On Memorial Day

May 23, 2026 · 6 min · Season 2 · Episode 106

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The episode discusses the challenges veterans face on Memorial Day, including PTSD triggers and the cultural disconnect surrounding the holiday.

Send us Fan Mail Memorial Day can feel like a party to the public and a battlefield to a veteran living with PTSD. We tell the truth about triggers, survivor’s guilt, and what real support sounds like when the noise gets too loud. • the cultural disconnect between cookouts and combat memories • how fireworks, smoke, crowds, and sudden sounds trigger PTSD • a personal Memorial Day barbecue flashback and how it felt • why “Happy Memorial Day” can hurt and what to say in...

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