I found this article extremely interesting. I had never heard of Secondary PTSD until recently, I began researching the possibilities as part of a college research assignment. I was able to pick my own research topic. I am the mother of two Marines who have been in front line combat. They have not told me about the horror they went through, (hoping to protect me). But, I do know that one son’s buddy was killed in front of him as his friend offered to take a prisoner that my son was escorting. The friend and the prisoner stepped on an IED. The other son was a sniper, and he told someone that these people would send children strapped with explosives towards the line. The children were not allowed to stop walking towards our side. The rest is obvious. My sons are good men. I see them suffer. I cannot explain the different kinds of sorrow and guilt I feel for those poor children, for my sons, for my son’s families. I have pictures of these things running through my mind as if I were there. I have no doubt that Secondary PTSD is real.