City: Hammond

Brain Injury: Suicide Attempt

Explanation of Mask: My mask shows my emotions of having a military related illness.  Even without seeing combat myself, I struggle with post traumatic stress disorder, alcoholism, depression and a little separation anxiety disorder.  I feel cast aside and left with a flawed system that will only assist a small fraction of us, which is why there are 47,000 homeless vets sleeping on the streets any given night.  By day, 22 attempts, most succeed, killing themselves.  I live a frustrated life and what my mask to show that.