Hi, I am Leela from India. My brother was in Indian Army. I want to know more about Post-traumatic stress disorder and how to recognize that precisely. I tried to find articles on the issue especially with Indian cases but couldn't find more.
He was an angry young man but with a good heart and had lot of respect for parents especially for my mom. He wanted to join Indian army [not for financial reasons] and served there close to 13 years. He had to fight against terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and maoists [domestic terrorism] in Assam and he was there in Andaman island when hit by Tsunami and assisted people over there and faced similar other terrifying situations which may be smaller in nature.
We didn't notice any difference in his nature during that period and he never use to brief us about any of such situations except to his friends. Just 3-4 months before leaving the army he started to have fights during his holidays. No pressure from anyone to leave the service, it was his decision. And once he was back from the army he fought often with his wife and parents for petty reasons and sometimes it went severe. He was drinking heavily during these days. Eventually one day for no reason he started a fight and later took his own life.
In my brother’s case was there any symptoms of PTSD or any other such problems that he may have faced? Please clarify.
In India there is not much awareness about PTSD or any other related illnesses, in such cases how to convince the victim and get them the treatment needed so that it doesn’t end in tragic, please advice.
He was an angry young man but with a good heart and had lot of respect for parents especially for my mom. He wanted to join Indian army [not for financial reasons] and served there close to 13 years. He had to fight against terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and maoists [domestic terrorism] in Assam and he was there in Andaman island when hit by Tsunami and assisted people over there and faced similar other terrifying situations which may be smaller in nature.
We didn't notice any difference in his nature during that period and he never use to brief us about any of such situations except to his friends. Just 3-4 months before leaving the army he started to have fights during his holidays. No pressure from anyone to leave the service, it was his decision. And once he was back from the army he fought often with his wife and parents for petty reasons and sometimes it went severe. He was drinking heavily during these days. Eventually one day for no reason he started a fight and later took his own life.
In my brother’s case was there any symptoms of PTSD or any other such problems that he may have faced? Please clarify.
In India there is not much awareness about PTSD or any other related illnesses, in such cases how to convince the victim and get them the treatment needed so that it doesn’t end in tragic, please advice.
