Afghanistan soldier reveals traumatic realities of 'hunting down' Taliban | Major Andrew Fox

This man is a very intelligent. PTSD is an injury. Very well put. Thank you for your service.

Some men are drawn to battle. We need those type of men to defend the rest of us.

Well said, respect to you for illustrating the reality of ptsd post combat.

Thanks for sharing..it proves we are all human

Nothing will ever come close to the adrenaline rush of being in a firefight. The challenge is re programming yourself that it's not a good thing

This is so common with conflict experienced soldiers

He speaks the truth! I'm a former member of the Parachute Regiment, and although the risk of being shot or killed was high, I really missed it when it was all over. RIP to all that never made it home.

Lot of time for former Para Reg Andrew Fox and wasn’t aware he’d been medically discharged. I’m 63. I did 4 tours of Op Banner between 1978–1990. I lost friends and bits of friends (that was often the strangest thing to deal and haunts me to this day). Whilst I’m fiercely proud of my regiment and service, the Army/MoD back then was utterly useless at assessing let alone treating soldiers clearly reacting problematically to contacts, IEDs, mortar attacks, &c. I didn’t have problems until I left the Army in 1990. But I had some friends whilst still serving who clearly had PTSD. One Cpl from Anti-Tanks was sent to the Officers’ Mess (a bloody demeaning role) because he lost a guy on patrol (1982). But his brick was made up of soldiers ill-suited to infantry work and the patrolling demands of NI. This problem arose because we were even in 82 massively overstretched.

PTSD is the result of moral injuries to the human soul. The deepest healing I’ve experienced came from confession and the Eucharist. Only the sacraments can heal soul wounds. After a while, I understood our ancestors, who fought wars in centuries past, kinda knew this but couldn’t quite put it into words. I hope one day this is understood more clearly because this knowledge provides hope that wartime memories and trauma can be put behind you. Just passing on what I’ve learned. Hope it helps a fellow soldier somewhere.

Thank you for your service 🙏

Just loved the way you described your job now 😂😂😂stay safe pilgrim.

The Australian Defence Force still treats psych issues very differently to any other injury , there is no way in the world that it is equated to a broken leg or any other physical injury , the stigma remains

Part of PTSD is they it's a product of withdrawals from an adrenaline addiction.

I find, going out of my front door gives me the same sort of adrenaline rush that you describe 😮

What a great story-teller - very well spoken, great to listen to!

Yeah, I agree with a lot of what he said, I was deployed to Afghanistan in a British Infantry Regiment, after returning home, they announced that combat operations in Helmand would finish by roughly 1st January 2015, and I thought ok, so my fighting days are possibly over, but with only a few months break after my first tour I was sent back to Helmand as a Battle Casualty Replacement, and the few PTSD symptoms I was still dealing with from my first tour were quickly trebled by my 2nd tour, I became very sick after i got home and maybe a year or more later in 2013 I had a full break down and needed treatment.. The army was great, they looked after me for years, i had treatment on and off for 8-9 years and they were always great and always tried to keep me employed until they couldn't anymore and medical discharge became the best option.. But the army now, regarding PTSD, especially since they knew id been kind of fecked over by being sent out for a 2nd stint after only 2 months at home, were brilliant.

Another brilliant interview by Times Radio with Major Andrew Fox, lets have more on a regular time frame-he puts his experiences into layman's language!!!

interesting stuff. thank you for your service

Great interview Andrew. Thanks.

Interesting and articulate account, well said. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻