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- Stay down! We will defeat them and get out of this soon just stay put.
- I think I have a concussion from the explosion that went off in the other field.
- It ruined my life. I don't want to be alive anymore.
- Samuel! Another service member just called me saying that I need to get deployed to Iraq next week. This isn't working out very well and I think we should get divorced.
- Honey I think I am going to black out. I hear a helicopter flying nearby and don't feel so well.
- Samuel Askins (seen in the bottom right of the panel) spent 545 days as an infantryman in the U.S. Army in Iraq, serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He witnessed numerous firefights and suffered from a concussion in an explosion that eventually led him to a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Askins states that this war ruined his life as he has tried to commit suicide with alcohol and drugs multiple times. He dealt with many panic attacks and despair that followed him back to the United States, resulting in his retirement from active duty.
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- I don't want to leave. I feel safer here than in the real world.
- A few years later, Askins got married to another solider and had a daughter. They lived on a base in Missouri, where Askins felt paranoid and looked out for any potential threats. He would black out when he saw gang members on the street or heard helicopters flying overhead. Depression began to set in and suicide thoughts followed. His marriage began to fall apart when his wife was sent to Iraq on her fifth deployment, in which she asked for a divorce and Askins began drinking even more.
- Hello! My name is Michael Campos and I'm an ex-veteran suffering from PTSD.
- Hi Michael, welcome to Camp Home! I'm glad you've come here to get help. Follow me to get yourself settled in.
- Askins life fell apart, in which his mother intervened by taking his daughter and gun away. Right around the Fourth of July, he set off on a mission to commit suicide. He drank a gallon of Jack Daniels and a handful of Ambien and Xanax. He miraculously woke up on the floor the next day and was terrified. He was checked into a hospital in 2011 and successfully finished a sobriety program.
- Six months later, New Year's Eve fireworks set him off again and reminded him of combat. Panic attacks and another suicide attempt landed him in jail, where the judge referred him to a rehab program. He did not want to leave as he felt safer in jail than in the real world. Yet, the treatments were successful and he contacted the creator of Camp Hope, a mentorship program for PTSD sufferers.
- At Camp Hope, veterans and their families are provided interim housing and mentors to help them overcome PTSD. After six months, Askins became a camp director and was confident that he could help other veterans cope with PTSD, especially during holidays where fireworks go off. Askins is happy to be there to help those who are in the same situation he was in a few months ago.
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