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Veteran Credits Wounded Warrior Project Mental Health Workshop for Saving His Life

KENLY, N.C., Sept. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An accident during an Army deployment to Egypt caused Thomas Holcomb's traumatic brain injury – and the invisible wound led to multiple strokes and seizures that impact his life even today. Thomas became forgetful, impatient, and reclusive. Overwhelmed, the once-fit wounded warrior began gaining weight, and soon, depression took over his life.

Veteran Credits Wounded Warrior Project Mental Health Workshop for Saving His Life

"When I heard about Wounded Warrior Project's male mental health workshops, I was in a really bad place," Thomas said. "I hadn't reached out to anyone for help and found myself at struggling at 248 pounds."

Through the generous support of donors, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) offers veterans specialized mental health programs and services – tailored to each warrior's specific needs and free of charge. One such program is its multi-day mental health workshops that are offered as all-male, all-female, or all-couples. These workshops provide safe, private environments for warriors to express themselves and share their experiences.

"The activities really pushed my boundaries," Thomas said. "But after I did them I realized – if can do this, I can go back to therapy. I can do other things that I don't like too much."

At the workshops, warriors like Thomas challenge themselves through outdoor team-building activities such as an intense high ropes course. They are connected to one another for support, actively honoring oaths to respect one another's recovery as well as their own. By the end, warriors share lessons learned from the activities that impacted their personal struggles most and set achievable goals for their recoveries.

Two months have passed since Thomas attended the workshop. He now stands at a strong 212 pounds and is still exercising to meet his goals mentally and physically. He credits WWP for helping save his life.

"I'm still coping with some issues, but I am not sitting still. I'm staying active in my recovery all because I went to this mental health workshop," Thomas said. "If one guy hears my story and it helps them, every bit of this – injuries and all – was worth it."

To learn and see more about how WWP's mental health workshops connect, serve, and empower wounded warriors, visit http://newsroom.woundedwarriorproject.org/, and click on multimedia.

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Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) connects, serves, and empowers wounded warriors. Read more at http://newsroom.woundedwarriorproject.org/about-us.

 

 

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