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Had really bad panic attacks. i was terrified, especially at night. checking the windows constantly to make sure they were locked. constantly checking the door to make sure it was locked. i just had this recurring thought that they were going to bust in through my door, drag me out again, and take me back to prison. i was terrified. so after ten days, i just decided that i had to find out. there was a guy. he was sitting at the desk. and there was a bunch of -- looked like files. excuse me. and ...

People dont play no game. whoever is [ bleep ] with us, they gonna get it. he go to his room, we say go into your room. he go into a room, hes finished. >> bernard denies being a snitch. he says frequent visits to the medical unit because of his anxiety and panic attacks have caused some inmates to suspect hes been reporting illicit activities to staff. >> i dont want to have that label follow me all the way through because a lot of these gangs and stuff, theyre interconnected, so word travels. ...

Had really bad panic attacks. i was terrified especially at night. checking the windows constantly to make sure they were locked. constantly checking the door to make sure it was locked. i just had this recurring thought that they were going to bust in through my door, drag me out again and take me back to prison. i was terrified. so after ten days, i just decided that i had to find out. there was a guy. he was sitting at the desk. and there was a bunch of looked like files. excuse me. and i han...

People dont play no game. whoever is [ bleep ] with us, they gonna get it. he go to his room, we say go into your room. he go into a room, hes finished. >> bernard denies being a snitch. he says frequent visits to the medical unit because of his anxiety and panic attacks have caused some inmates to suspect hes been reporting illicit activities to staff. >> i dont want to have that label follow me all the way through because a lot of these gangs and stuff, theyre interconnected, so word travels. ...

Forgotten. so he signed the clay hunt suicide prevention act named for a young marine who survived the war in afghanistan but ultimately lost the battle against his post-war demons. here now is bob woodruff. >> reporter: he was a strong marine, corporal clay hunt, visibly wounded by a bullet piercing his wrist, but invisibly tormented by post-traumatic stress. so severe that at age 28 he killed himself, two years after returning from afghanistan. he was treated for depression by the v.a., mostly...

>> you can get paranoid and have disorganized thinking. you get disoriented. it can be uncomfortable. it can lead to panic attacks or anxiety attacks in people. >> how do you know when youve done too much? >> simple tasks become very frustrating, like mixing paint, and then just sort of get into this state of, uh, you know. >> and why that happens is exactly what columbia university neuroscientist carl hart is investigating. >> exhale. >> research subjects in his lab smoke marijuana and then tak...

Life inside the bergen county jail has been tough enough for william bernard. he says fights and harassment by other inmates has caused his stutter to worsen and sent him into panic attacks. he believes frequent visits to medical for anxiety treatment have led some inmates to believe hes an informant. now charged with threatening to kill his father and threatening the police officers who came to arrest him, hes consumed by thoughts of up to 20 years in prison if found guilty. >> im just afraid m...

And i bet you that [ bleep ] is gonna happen. people dont play no game. whoever is [ bleep ] with us, they gonna get it. he go to his room, we say go into your room. he go into a room, hes finished. >> bernard denies being a snitch. he says frequent visits to the medical unit because of his anxiety and panic attacks have caused some inmates to suspect hes been reporting illicit activities to staff. >> i dont want to have that label follow me all the way through because a lot of these gangs and s...

You can find examples just outside downtown, at the bergen county jail. >> hes cleared. >> while some of the men and women incarcerated here have been convicted, most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> this is like country club compared to my county jail. >> william bernard might disagree with the country club description. except for a brief stay for driving with a suspended license, this is his first extended stay in jail. bernard says his ...

$25,000. >> its my favorite way to work. >> using marijuana? >> yeah. >> he has been painting for 14 years, smoking for even longer. he says it makes him feel more relaxed, but most importantly for him, he says it makes him less critical of his own work. >> stop worrying so much about this and that and just sort of looking and being as present as possible. >> amir does caution that its a delicate balance for him. >> it would make me very apprehensive, maybe a little paranoid. just too analytical...