Today marks Ontario's first ever PTSD Awareness Day.
Last July PC MPP for Brantford-Brant Will Bouma put forward the private members bill to make June 27th PTSD Awareness Day.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder than can affect a person who has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. The effects can last a life time.
Locally, CMHA Niagara reminds anyone who is living with PTSD that they offer several programs including mental health workshops and CMHA Niagara Immediate Services.
He and his wife Tanya share their struggles with Complex PTSD and Vicarious PTSD through their not for profit organization 'Refuse To Lose to PTSD.'
Constable Phil Sheldon's life was changed in 2015 as he responded to a call.
A disturbed man was determined to kill his parents. He had doused his mother and her home in gasoline and waited for cops to arrive before lighting the house on fire.
Sheldon suffered 3rd and 4th degree burns to 50% of his body, received numerous skin graphs, and was in an induced coma for a month and a half.