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07-29-2017, 02:55 AM
This vital app connects veterans to talk about mental health and trauma
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Three years ago, Justin Miller had a six-hour phone call he says saved his life.
Miller is a medically retired military veteran, previously serving two deployments in Iraq. The trauma of combat (https://medium.com/@clmercado/the-human-costs-of-war-ed9888fa23d3) led him to develop severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury.*
SEE ALSO: 6 ways you can use your iPhone to do good (http://mashable.com/2015/09/09/iphone-social-good/)
The nightmares didn't let him sleep, and he was scared things would never get better.*
“I called the VA after having a particularly bad nightmare and told them I needed to see someone **w," Miller says. “They scheduled me an appointment for two days later. Here I am, on the verge of killing myself, and I need to wait two days to see someone.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/28/objective-zero-veteran-suicide-app/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Three years ago, Justin Miller had a six-hour phone call he says saved his life.
Miller is a medically retired military veteran, previously serving two deployments in Iraq. The trauma of combat (https://medium.com/@clmercado/the-human-costs-of-war-ed9888fa23d3) led him to develop severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury.*
SEE ALSO: 6 ways you can use your iPhone to do good (http://mashable.com/2015/09/09/iphone-social-good/)
The nightmares didn't let him sleep, and he was scared things would never get better.*
“I called the VA after having a particularly bad nightmare and told them I needed to see someone **w," Miller says. “They scheduled me an appointment for two days later. Here I am, on the verge of killing myself, and I need to wait two days to see someone.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/28/objective-zero-veteran-suicide-app/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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