PTSD and how workouts can help.

   I don't usually hear a lot about this, but I thought I should address it since I suffer from it myself, and a LOT of military men and women get it. It's a serious subject, and don't feel it gets enough attention.
    PTSD is a condition that people get when they experience a very traumatic moment or series of moments that it haunts them for the rest of their lives. These moments stay with them the rest of their lives, and can be debilitating as episodes can paralyze or enrage the person experiencing the episode, and the person experiencing it or others can be harmed. My step-dad has it, but his episodes are when he sleeps sometimes after watching war movies. The one time, my mom tried to wake him when he had one and he held her up against the wall. Mind you, her feet weren't touching the ground. Thankfully, he pulled out of it in time, and he felt TERRIBLE for it.
   I have it as well, not for the reasons a military man/woman would have it, but it doesn't make it any less dangerous. There are many ways to obtain it, and also many ways it gets triggered...like with my step-dad's gets triggered by having dreams. Mine are triggered when I think about the experience and tend to drink in a self-destructive rage. There are many triggers and many responses, but usually they end with the person feeling enraged and/or depressed.
   So the reason I brought this up, is because with mental health, it can be rehabilitated with physical therapy when paired with psychological therapy. I know when I maintain my workouts, I feel a LOT better, and I don't get as enraged or depressed when my trigger goes off. Although it may not work for everyone that has PTSD, it should help to make it a little more manageable, since workouts can release endorphins that are the "feel-good" chemicals that get released in your body.
   In summary, doing workouts consistently can help people that may have mental problems, since they can be just as disabling or dangerous as physical problems, and pairing therapy with workouts tends to help a lot. Like Jean Roqua said about his gym from my favorite movie "Never Back Down" said, "They usually come out a lot less angry than when they came in."
   My heart goes out to the men and women that put their lives on the line to keep their loved ones and the rest of the country safe. I hope that this would help anybody that has PTSD, or even any other mental issues going on, and doing workouts helps them.