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“Even with these health consequences, we can see the benefits of taking a stand because people are fighting for what they believe in and protecting people’s lives,” Sumner said. “I don’t think the answer is to stop altogether. It speaks to how critical it is to engage in self-care.
A veteran turned to art to try to heal his trauma. There he found solace and meaning. Now he helps others.
Too often American veterans return from combat and spiral into depression, anger and loneliness they can neither share nor tackle on their own.
Winner of a 2019 Foreword INDIES Silver Book of the Year Award After serving in a scout-sniper platoon in Mosul, Tom Voss came home carrying invisible wounds of war—the memory of doing or witnessing things that went against his fundamental beliefs.
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Healing happens in our body and is more likely in a body that can stay settled in the midst of conflict and uncertainty.