Shocks from improvised bombs cause brain injuries, the invisible wound of the wars Iraq and Afghanistan. Defense Department Center To Treat Troops With Brain Injuries Opens In Bethesda -- Washington Post
Staff Sgt. Robert Carras was pushing a shopping cart through a Wal-Mart when, he said, he felt something creeping up behind him. He looked over his shoulder, ready to face down familiar threats: gunmen, insurgents, improvised explosive devices.
He took a deep breath. "You're in Wal-Mart," he told himself. "Not Iraq."
That was three years ago. Carras, who received a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder in 2008, has since struggled to treat what he calls his "invisible wounds" -- painful vestiges of his tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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