Post by Logan on Apr 22, 2016 4:31:56 GMT -6
Gun in hand, Nebraska veteran decides to ask for help instead, now raises PTSD awareness
KEARNEY — As he sat in a chair with his .45-caliber handgun in his palm, David Stott didn’t see a way out.
He was drinking heavily, making bad decisions, and risked losing his marriage and family.
“I had plans made. I had different ways that I thought about how I was going to do it (suicide),” Stott said of his thoughts in 2012. “I don’t know for sure why I didn’t go through with it.”
Instead, “by God’s good graces” Stott reached out to those around him and got the help and support he never realized he needed for post-traumatic stress disorder. Now, he’s trying to spread PTSD awareness and support for veterans through #22KILL, a worldwide campaign created in 2013 to research and understand the condition.
Read more: www.livewellnebraska.com/health/gun-in-hand-nebraska-veteran-decides-to-ask-for-help/article_6a308374-07ec-11e6-a0f3-8f9a8040b32e.html
KEARNEY — As he sat in a chair with his .45-caliber handgun in his palm, David Stott didn’t see a way out.
He was drinking heavily, making bad decisions, and risked losing his marriage and family.
“I had plans made. I had different ways that I thought about how I was going to do it (suicide),” Stott said of his thoughts in 2012. “I don’t know for sure why I didn’t go through with it.”
Instead, “by God’s good graces” Stott reached out to those around him and got the help and support he never realized he needed for post-traumatic stress disorder. Now, he’s trying to spread PTSD awareness and support for veterans through #22KILL, a worldwide campaign created in 2013 to research and understand the condition.
Read more: www.livewellnebraska.com/health/gun-in-hand-nebraska-veteran-decides-to-ask-for-help/article_6a308374-07ec-11e6-a0f3-8f9a8040b32e.html