What Does Real Honor Look Like On Memorial Day

About this episode

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...

Topics covered

• PTSD
• Memorial Day
• veteran support
• cultural disconnect
• triggers
• survivor's guilt

Keywords

• Memorial Day
• PTSD
• veterans
• triggers
• survivor's guilt
• support
• cultural disconnect

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