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Retirement could trigger PTSD for Vietnam vets

Many veterans have actually had PTSD since their combat days, but with the structure of the work world, they're able to control or hide it. Then comes retirement.

By Marlene Y. Satter | Updated on May 31, 2017
Veterans may have been using work to push away the symptoms of PTSD, even self-medicating as workaholics. (Photo: iStock)

Retirement is supposed to be a time of reward after a lifetime of working. But for an increasing number of Vietnam vets, the opposite is true, as the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder rear their heads for the first time.

A report from NPR on southwest Florida’s WGCU says that among the many boomer retirees to Florida, many are Vietnam veterans. And among those vets, a “significant number” are showing the signs of PTSD when they never experienced them before.

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