PTSD is an illness beyond anything I have ever seen. It's hard for the bearer and the family. During epidemics, it is more difficult for those close to the carrier. In most cases, the person suffering from PTSD doesn't even realize what happens during an epidemic until it's over. This is my story, the effects PTSD has on my husband's life and my life; the wife of a PTSD sufferer. My husband has PTSD and it will never go away. But with treatment we can hope that the situation will be manageable. My husband has been through a lot in the last 10 years. What originally caused this horrible mental illness is long gone, but still haunts him today. Ten years ago, in December, Skye lost her world. His wife and two children died in a house fire about an hour after he left for work. When he got the call, he rushed home to see his one-year-old son being loaded into the ambulance to be taken to hospital and was told that his three-month-old daughter had already gone to hospital. Skye saw her son move, so she thought things would be fine. He broke through the protective barriers and ran to his apartment. He walked in just as paramedics were covering his wife. She had covered the children with her body and was severely burned and pronounced dead at the scene. When Skye tried to restrain her, he was restrained and taken from the apartment by the police. He was handcuffed and placed in the police car for disturbing the crime scene and assaulting a police officer. The only reason he wasn't arrested is because the fire chief told the police to leave him alone because he had to go to the hospital to be with his children. When Skye arrived at the hospital she learned that her son had died while they returned from abroad. I was very wrong. PTSD is very real and can affect anyone who has had a traumatic event in their life. It can be very dangerous if ignored and untreated. I want to be part of a PTSD group someday. Perhaps such a group could raise money so that more research can be done on PTSD and more treatment options made available to people who suffer from it. For now I will continue to help my husband weather his storms. If you were to ask Skye how his experiences have changed him, he would tell you that he appreciates every day and lives in the moment. He would also say that he is grateful for the things and people in his life and tries really hard not to stress out about what or who he doesn't have in his life. He says PTSD is terrible and he wishes he could get rid of it. Works Cited King, Skye. Personal interview. November 11th. 2013