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Hi there all!, I stumbled upon this screening and watched it from start to finish. Shell shock, PTSD or...more appropriately "Concussion" is what it should be associated with. People who play hockey, football and any other contact sport who get their "Brains" knocked about are NOW being shown to have been "Concussed". Isn't getting your emotional psyche (your cognitive brain) knocked about, shocked, living in fear and beaten to a pulp the same as "concussion" ? Concussed brains have been "shaken" and "bashed" about inside the skull; PTSD, Shell Shock, call it what you will, is it not also having one's cognitive brain (psyche) bashed, smashed and trashed? I suffer from PTSD due to spousal abuse. A partener whom I left some years ago. Needless to say, upon viewing this film, I connected with the guys on a number of levels. I still "Veg out", "blow up" at unknown stimuli, certain sounds, smells and sights set me off. I was not beaten, just living in constant threat of....you fill in the blanks. Watching Homecoming and the reactions of the guys - i also served with the forces for some short time years ago; prior to becoming involved with an abusive partner. I can say I connected with them and what they must have had to deal with as a serving member in the ranks, dealing with PTSD resulting from service. I was particularly moved by the guys in Halifax and, most particularly with Walter Coombs, Halifax - living in a condemned trailer, trying to help others with similar issues while giving them somewhere to sleep. If you can I would like to get in contact with Walter and become a cyber pen friend. I saw in him much of how I was. I needed a friend and I would like to offer to Walter my friendship. One "Trauma" sufferer to another. Cheers! Keah in Ottawa