To Understand PTSD, Send Scientists to War
b'It started with a thumb into my eye socket as he tried to gouge out my eye. When he bit into my ear, the adrenaline flooding my veins masked the pain; I would not even realize my ear was gone till after the fight. Twenty years ago, in that dimly lit alley in Kent, Washington, as I walked into a ring of teenage onlookers to face off, my heart was pounding so hard my chest hurt. My vision narrowed\\u2014I could only see faces\\u2014and I felt sick in my gut.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'