Medicating with Dogs: Surviving PTSD

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A memoir about surviving the aftermath of trauma.

Medicating with Dogs, Surviving PTSD is a memoir about the aftermath of trauma. Mike Mullane flew 212 combat missions during the Vietnam War. He returned to the states only to discover he had brought the war home with him. Deep in denial, he waited for his symptoms to fade away. After a decade, he covertly saw a psychologist. The diagnosis was Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He left and never went back, unwilling to label himself crazy.

During the ensuing years he was slowly worn down and hemmed in by his self-imposed isolation, guilt, anger, flashbacks, insomnia, and nightmares. He waged a futile effort to avoid his triggers, exaggerated startle reflex.

He resorted several forms of self-medication, all of them ineffective, all of them self-destructive—except one. He filled his life with dogs. They surrounded, protected, comforted, and gave him moments of peace. They helped him get through prolonged bouts of depression and pulled him back form the siren song of suicide.

Medicating with Dogs is an honest portrait from inside the mind and soul of someone living with PTSD, It was written so that others who battle PTSD alone can avoid the mistakes he made. It is also intended to help those who care about someone with PTSD and who struggle to understand them.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09TZM7X5T
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (March 7, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8415001293
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.24 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.74 x 9 inches

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