Combat stress and post-traumatic stress disorder Combat mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI/concussion) Navigating the home-zone area of operations: introduction to "LANDNAV" Life survival skills, warrior reflexes and sleep Skill 1: become more aware of your reactions by writing about them Skill 2: learn to accept your reactions without judgment or anger Skill 3: improve physical conditioning and relax muscle tension Skill 4: improve sleep Skill 5: learn how alcohol or drugs affect your reactions Attend to and modulate your reactions Skill 1: learn to pay attention to your physiological reactions and anxiety level Skill 2: learn to pay attention to your feelings and emotions Skill 3: create space between your reactions to stressful events and behaviors Skill 4: learn to monitor and eliminate "should" and related words or phrases Skill 5: notice your breathing Skill 6: improve your focus and attention through meditation and mindfulness Narrate your story Deal with stressful situations Skill 1: resiliency inoculation training (facing your fears) Skill 2: dealing with the "stupid stuff" people do Skill 3: dealing with more-serious situations involving people Skill 4: dealing with anger, rage, and related emotions
Navigate the mental health care system
Stigma and other barriers to care
Road map for getting help
Types of treatment offered: the cold, hard facts
Acceptance: living and coping with major losses
Skill 1: understanding the emotions of loss
Skill 2: exploring the connections between complex and primary emotions
Skill 3: letting go of unanswerable questions
Skill 4: coping with grief and survivor's guilt
Skill 5: accepting other difficult events that happened in combat
Navigation strategies for spouses, partners, and family members
Deployment affects everyone
Your strength and independence
Tapping into your resources
Strengthening your relationship and considerations for coping with postwar reactions of your warrior
Considerations for coping with infidelity
Helping your children cope with the stresses of deployment and transition
vision, voice, village, joie de vivre, victory.
