By Elaine Wilson
American Forces Press Service
BETHESDA, Dec. 11, 2009 – Sheri Hall knew her husband, Army Maj. Jeff Hall, was having emotional issues after two tours in Iraq, but she didn\’t grasp just how bad it was until one day when he went for a run.
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He was about 10 miles away when he called and asked for a ride home, Sheri recalled. He said he had started running and his chest had begun to hurt. \”I thought if I just keep running it will explode, and I will die right here,\” he told his wife.
That moment was a turning point, she said, that would set her husband and family on a long-awaited road to recovery.
The mother of two described her husband\’s battle with post-traumatic stress disorder and the impact on their family at the Trauma Spectrum Disorders Conference at the National Institutes of Health here yesterday.
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