The struggle continues for Indigenous veterans with PTSD

TRAVERSE CITY - Paddraic Lord shifted heavily in his plastic chair and took a deep breath, toes dug securely into the beach.

The third-generation Anishinaabe veteran looked up and over at the waves gently pulling into the water's edge, and then back down at the sand before he described what post-traumatic stress disorder feels like.

"A tightness in your chest," he said. "I had a hard time sleeping, anger issues, self-harm to 'quiet the thoughts', blackouts, tunnel vision, manic, rapid heart rate ... I was high on high alert."

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