Whole family affected by PTSD: Horrors of war left two generations with mental health scars

It s the scents of the unmistakable odours of the state tainted by the stench of burning flesh Afghanistan that Lewis McKay recalls most certainly, uniforms on fire and explosives. The prior soldier, who did a seven-month tour on the front line in 2010, says: If you shut your eyes and didn t know, you would guess you were there. Then, horrifically, he includes: It is the smell of people s legs and arms cooking that will never leave me. What Lewis experienced with the Royal Engineers in those seven months was more wounding than he could ever have imagined. Under constant attack from the Taliban, he saw comrades and lost 20 buddies. But he returned home convinced he could set everything behind him. Almost instantly he endured spells of rage terrifying he worried he could lash out as well as kill his wife Emma, then heavily pregnant with their second kid. He was immediately diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The tension had taken its toll on Emma. The couple s combined invest
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