Fireworks commemorating our nation's freedom can have a negative impact on the veterans who defended that freedom.
“For me, that firework becomes the memory of sitting there in tears next to the corpsmen as the blood of your friend is washing down the drain.”While most people prepare for the Fourth of July by buying up things that go boom, Marine combat veteran Amber Estes is stocking up on something much quieter.
“I think it’s mandatory you talk to your Legos while you play with them,” said Estes, while building a new creation.“I can use this to stay out of my own head to stop that cycle of reliving the trauma,” she said. “When I clip them together, it is actually fun when you start listening to them.”“I was in a parking lot and fireworks shot up,” said Estes, talking about the first time she slipped into a PTSD episode because of fireworks.
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