The Middle Eastern Wars are producing psychological casualties at an alarming rate. Many returning soldiers suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the stopgap measures after a tour of duty are simply not enough. And our nation still has veterans from wars past that have not completed their process, as well. The problem involves the entire society. The ancient traditions allowed for a different experience after war. 
   Dr. Fisher, a Vietnam veteran, spent more than 35 years processing postwar distress until meeting Dr. Ed Tick, director of Soldier’s Heart. Now they both speak nationally to notify the public of methodologies long lost to the modern world. He will be speaking next:
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Dr. Fisher served in the U.S. Army with the 4th Infantry Division, Vietnam, in 1968. After four months of “Basic Training” and learning the operations of 105 howitzers, John was shipped to Vietnam. His college credits at the time offered an opportunity to serve with Intelligence Operations with the 4/42 Artillery Battalion. However, the need for combatants put him further forward to operate a PRC-25 radio as a forward observer and later as an assistant gunner with Charlie Battery. Fourteen months later, he returned home confused, angry and unbeknownst to himself, stripped of his own identity. The sport of surfing and later discovering his professional desire in chiropractic kept his shattered perspectives on life “alive.” However in 1991, his nephew deployed to the Persian Gulf during the Desert Storm Conflict and John’s life turned upside down. He quickly slipped into PTSD (post-traumatic-stress disorder) depression and when his marriage of nearly 20 years came to an end, he began his search for healing.