It's been a pretty rough night tonight. My son has a friend in town that has been stationed in Germany, but is deploying to Iraq in a few days. It seems to have pushed him over the edge.
He came home drunk tonight and tore the house apart. He tore shelves off of the wall, put holes in the wall, broke the porcelain on the toilet, threatend to kill me, etc...
Yes, my son suffers from post tramatic stress syndrome. He is not the same small town boy that went to Iraq a couple of years ago.
I almost had to call the police tonight to help me get him under control. Fortunately, my neighbor is also an Iraq war veteran from the Gulf war and I went and woke him up. He came over and talked my son down until his best friend could arrive from the next town over.
His best friend is here now and is removing all of the weapons from the house. I even have to lock my gun up now. From what I am to understand, he is potentially suicidal. I am sure that part of it is due to the alcohol, but even sober he has issues that he needs to deal with.
I think that I need to check him into the veterans hospital for a psych elvaluation. I'm pretty scared at the moment. He needs help. More help than what he can get here.
As a family member of a veteran, I have to say that it is hard to watch your loved one go through this. As a mother, it is even harder.
