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For some soldiers, post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, really is a four-letter word. A PTSD diagnosis means you may need treatment for the rest of your life. It can deeply affect personal and professional relationships, and it often comes with a social stigma.
Jeremy Profitt served in the army in both Afghanistan and Iraq and came back with PTSD. Now that’s he’s out, he has a new mission: to clear up misconceptions about the illness. Priscilla Yuki Wilson has his story.
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KALW 91.7FM:
August 22, 2011
Transcript
PRISCILLA YUKI WILSON: Jeremy Profitt lives with his family in an East Bay suburb about 45 minutes outside of Oakland. He’s in his weekend uniform when he greets me at his door: white t-shirt, jean shorts, flip-flops.
They’ve just moved in, and his wife is unpacking the kitchen as Profitt picks up his baby daughter, Reiland. He gently cradles her in his lap as he starts to tell me his story.
JEREMY PROFITT: It felt gratifying. I felt I was able to do my part.
Profitt joined the Army because he wanted to go into law enforcement. He signed up in July 2001, and he was still in basic training when 9/11 hit.
PROFITT: We had a TV on. We had a break at the end of the evening. We were all getting ready to crash for the night.
VOICE: “Oh my god, it collapsed.”
PROFITT: That was a huge impact to not only the world, and everybody, but people that joined up. Okay. Reality is we’re probably go...
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