We are ex Milt and see what needs to be done for ALL our soldiers and they need a 24/7 line manned with those who truly understand what they are going through and can give them the "listening ear" they need.
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Anne Faulkner
12 years ago
We need to bring our veterans home, providing all they support they need, and more. It is criminal that we don't and we allow our government not to. These young men and women gave their all for us and some gave more, some paying the ultimate sacrifice. How can we not, as an honorable people, not stand for them?
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Anne Faulkner
12 years ago
We need to bring our veterans home, providing all they support they need, and more. It is criminal that we don't and we allow our government not to. These young men and women gave their all for us and some gave more, some paying the ultimate sacrifice. How can we not, as an honorable people, not stand for them?
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Cathy Sally
12 years ago
We need somewhere for these vets to turn to. They have done their service and we owe them this much at the very least. We, as civilians, have no idea what they have been through. PTSD is real and needs to be dealt with at all levels. Give them ALL the help they might need.
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Paulette Miller
12 years ago
I was in crisis a few weeks ago and although I knew about the VAC line, I instead choise to air my concerns on my VAC Account e-mail, as I am a writer and can express myself better in writing. I blasted VA, complained and vented. It was Saturday at 3:00 am, the pain was at its worse ever. I did not injure myself in battle, but in training in 1981. Monday bright and early, I got a call from my worker asking if everything was alright. She is amazing and has helped me so much. My point is, I did not know there was a 48 hour wait period for that number!! WTH? You call, you need help now!! I would be better off calling one of the distress lines in my City. Yes, this is needed. Now. Yesterday. Thank you for this.
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Tom Buckley
12 years ago
Much needed
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Anonymous
12 years ago
This is brilliant!!! A civilian peer-support line saved my life, several years ago. If I had been forced to wait for a call-back ... even 20 minutes ... I would not be here right now. Many major cities have peer-support lines, but civilians are not normally equipped to understand what a soldier is facing. I truly hope that the someone listens to this wonderful idea of soldiers helping soldiers!!!! It is time for our soldiers to be getting the help they need ... for their sake, and for their families who have already made enough sacrifices. There is no need for soldiers to be losing their lives to PTSD!!!!!
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Larry Wilkinson
12 years ago
I am military and diagnosed with PTSD and would love the extra help.
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Melanie Jepp
12 years ago
Very much needed
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Cathy Moriarity
12 years ago
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Excellent initiative!! When people are in crisis they need someone to talk to now - more likely yesterday, but they can not wait 48 hours. I like the idea of being able to talk to someone who knows what you are experiencing. This will also help the people who are answering the phones. Good luck!!!
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Travis Rivard
12 years ago
We need this now. We needed this yesterday.
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Rebecca Hughes
12 years ago
PTSD is something that all of our veterans face, be it first-hand or not. We owe them so much more than we are doing for them now, this helpline would be a small step int he right direction to helping them.
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Elvin Kyle Brown
12 years ago
This truely is a brilliant idea! Exactly what a suffering combat veteran needs-to talk to another combat veteran-someone who knows the terain and can help the other navigate the Darkness. Why didn't I think of this?
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Anonymous
12 years ago
Good initiative, thank you
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Linda MacKay
12 years ago
PTSD is a killer...help our men and women NOW
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Anne Steele
12 years ago
I have been reading about our soldiers coming home with PTSD with no help on this end from the government and I hope something happens real soon. I read about the two soldiers that committed suicide yesterday and it's such a shame that they had to feel so helpless.
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Peter Ball
12 years ago
The more I am involved with helping people with any kind of difficulty - including mental health - the more I see the need to connect them with those who have been through the issue already. It is a critical part of building trust and credibility.
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Susan Huggins
12 years ago
thank You
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kevin brown
12 years ago
Biggest thing needed to get out there is that they are not alone. There are alot of us learning to live with this
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Isabelle Forest
12 years ago
Après avoir servi leur pays c'est la moindre des choses qu'ils aient toute l'aide dont ils ont besoin.
We are ex Milt and see what needs to be done for ALL our soldiers and they need a 24/7 line manned with those who truly understand what they are going through and can give them the "listening ear" they need.
We need to bring our veterans home, providing all they support they need, and more. It is criminal that we don't and we allow our government not to. These young men and women gave their all for us and some gave more, some paying the ultimate sacrifice. How can we not, as an honorable people, not stand for them?
We need to bring our veterans home, providing all they support they need, and more. It is criminal that we don't and we allow our government not to. These young men and women gave their all for us and some gave more, some paying the ultimate sacrifice. How can we not, as an honorable people, not stand for them?
We need somewhere for these vets to turn to. They have done their service and we owe them this much at the very least. We, as civilians, have no idea what they have been through. PTSD is real and needs to be dealt with at all levels. Give them ALL the help they might need.
I was in crisis a few weeks ago and although I knew about the VAC line, I instead choise to air my concerns on my VAC Account e-mail, as I am a writer and can express myself better in writing. I blasted VA, complained and vented. It was Saturday at 3:00 am, the pain was at its worse ever. I did not injure myself in battle, but in training in 1981. Monday bright and early, I got a call from my worker asking if everything was alright. She is amazing and has helped me so much. My point is, I did not know there was a 48 hour wait period for that number!! WTH? You call, you need help now!! I would be better off calling one of the distress lines in my City. Yes, this is needed. Now. Yesterday. Thank you for this.
Much needed
This is brilliant!!! A civilian peer-support line saved my life, several years ago. If I had been forced to wait for a call-back ... even 20 minutes ... I would not be here right now. Many major cities have peer-support lines, but civilians are not normally equipped to understand what a soldier is facing. I truly hope that the someone listens to this wonderful idea of soldiers helping soldiers!!!! It is time for our soldiers to be getting the help they need ... for their sake, and for their families who have already made enough sacrifices. There is no need for soldiers to be losing their lives to PTSD!!!!!
I am military and diagnosed with PTSD and would love the extra help.
Very much needed
Excellent initiative!! When people are in crisis they need someone to talk to now - more likely yesterday, but they can not wait 48 hours. I like the idea of being able to talk to someone who knows what you are experiencing. This will also help the people who are answering the phones. Good luck!!!
We need this now. We needed this yesterday.
PTSD is something that all of our veterans face, be it first-hand or not. We owe them so much more than we are doing for them now, this helpline would be a small step int he right direction to helping them.
This truely is a brilliant idea! Exactly what a suffering combat veteran needs-to talk to another combat veteran-someone who knows the terain and can help the other navigate the Darkness. Why didn't I think of this?
Good initiative, thank you
PTSD is a killer...help our men and women NOW
I have been reading about our soldiers coming home with PTSD with no help on this end from the government and I hope something happens real soon. I read about the two soldiers that committed suicide yesterday and it's such a shame that they had to feel so helpless.
The more I am involved with helping people with any kind of difficulty - including mental health - the more I see the need to connect them with those who have been through the issue already. It is a critical part of building trust and credibility.
thank You
Biggest thing needed to get out there is that they are not alone. There are alot of us learning to live with this
Après avoir servi leur pays c'est la moindre des choses qu'ils aient toute l'aide dont ils ont besoin.