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>> throughout our center, every single person has someone who died. >> my name is union and my mom dad. >> that's incredibly powerful. after my dad died i felt like i was walking almost with a wall around me. i felt so different. my grades went down. i was skipping school. i wasn't a bad kid. i was a sad kid. i was grieving. >> what's your favorite memory of him? we help them share memories and develop some coping tools. >> this is my memory box. i wrote me and my dad and my mom. it says the box of joy. when i'm alone sometimes i think about my mom, how comfortable it was to be around her. >> ...
Died. >> here at our center, every single person has had somebody who died. >> my name is jaden and my mom died. >> that's incredibly powerful. after my dad died, i felt like i was walking almost with a wall around me. i felt so different. my grades went down. i was skipping school. but i wasn't a bad kid. i was a sad kid. i was grieving. what's your favorite misdemeanormisdemeanor -- memory of him? we help them share memories and develop some coping tools. >> this is my memory box. i wrote me and my dad and my mom and right here it says the box of joy. when i'm alone sometimes i think about m...
>> i mean, i've seen open fractures. i've seen open wounds. but i've never seen anything like that. >> the new advances in the military's battle against ptsd may offer new coping tools, when overwhelming violence strikes right here at home. >> i think it's an important problem. and i want to dig in hard to address this. >> clinical psychologist skip rizzo first made headlines in 2007 with his virtual reality ptsd therapy for vets. >> it's not unique to combat, but for veterans, what it really has become is one of the signature wounds of iraq and afghanistan. >> today he's re-imaginining th tec...