Virtual Iraq

Is Virtual Iraq sustainable to help soldiers overcome a traumatic deployment? This form of therapy will allow soldiers to see a more visual effect using a computer stimulated combat trauma. This might help soldiers to hopefully be able to release some hidden emotion and feel more accepted and normal. Should we as a society try to help these soldiers or just leave them alone to deal with their problems?
In normal therapy, you can be distracted with other areas of your life such as family issues, self-esteem, death in the family and financial problems. Virtual Iraq is focusing on one thing that may help soldiers overcome Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D). After being deployed from war, the last thing soldiers’ need is to talk to a therapist that they feel does not understand them or that cannot relate to their experience. Most soldiers would feel uncomfortable expressing their feelings like that.
Travis Boyd is a typical soldier who experienced major episodes of PTSD. It was apparent that he was unable to live a normal life after combat in Iraq. He returned home with enormous amounts of stress and anxiety that hindered his everyday life. Soldiers are dealing with the horrific experiences of seeing friends and family members die during the war and no one can prepare them for how these feelings will affect them.
As a society we have to understand what the soldiers have been through after fighting for our country. Approximately twenty percent of soldiers suffer from PTSD or major depression. The Virtual Iraq computer game may help because it can lure soldiers to playing a game. They grew up in the video game generation. This video game may not treat all their psychological wounds but it may help them to talk to their family, react to their feelings and live a somewhat normal life.