00:07My name's Andy Furmo. I'm a retired Special Forces soldier and this is my story.
00:13Our whole call sign, so we saw him, all of us, saw him pass away in front of us.
00:26Our vehicle ran over a big landmine, an IED landmine. It was a mobility kill for the vehicle and then
00:37obviously everyone inside was, there was casualties. The D element of PTSD is when it reaches a threshold.
00:45We end up with a disorder that's persistent over a number of months and impacting my daily life.
00:54Thousands who've served in Afghanistan have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress.
00:59Your friends and family, hold their hand, bring them back up and then like, there's always again,
01:06you've got to keep moving forward but don't stay in the dark hole man because you can't go anywhere.
01:11My coping mechanism was then to start to turn to like increased alcohol,
01:20trying to get my hands on prescription meds to try and regulate myself because
01:27that was something that I was sort of starting to, things unraveled after then.
01:32So why was any opening up for me and I just felt in the dark.
01:38I want them to know that they're not alone. We can and she'll be doing better.
01:51Invisible injuries is a story about hope. You are not alone. You will never be alone.
02:05Are you laughing at all these nights if you were in?
02:08We just kind of tired echel треб.
02:08At work, I don't want to concern, you know.
02:08This goes up, literally or not being about.
