What PTSD Is Doing to Israel's Heroes Will Break Your Heart

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]Friends, when eventually this war ends, for many soldiers the battle is just beginning. The battle within, the unseen scars. This house, this Galilee Harbor, this place will be a place for them to heal and reintegrate into society. The struggle it is real.

[00:00:19]Friends, PTSD is no game. Post-traumatic stress disorder and complex PTSD.

[00:00:27]Friends, people disconnect from society.

[00:00:30]Their mind is in the battle.

[00:00:32]The body stays permanently in this fight or flight reality. There's deep wounds inside that you don't see from wartime experiences. Look at this beautiful place. Um I've never seen anything of of the like in the Galilee.

[00:00:48]Cognitive fog, you know, planning for the future, dealing with simple tasks proves to be very very hard. Social atrophy, the tendency to go dark, to distance oneself from the family or from society.

[00:01:04]And so friends, there is a team here established, a governor who decides on how it all works. There is a commander of activities for all the daily programs that happens here, a navigator of the community. We've been able to help set up something really really amazing.

[00:01:19]Check out this place. The Galilee Harbor will have not just talk therapy, okay?

[00:01:24]It'll have all kinds of sessions. I'm so excited about this personally. You guys know what I've been through. There will be all kinds of sessions. There will be intake circle, low pressure introduction for the people who will be using this place. Okay?

[00:01:40]Maybe they'll be able to record a story of the week, some of their experiences, how they've been able to survive and overcome in these situations, some of these situations. Hydro-grounding, that is feeling weightless in the water. Look at this beautiful place.

[00:01:56]Weightless in the water. Muscle relaxation. Their muscles are all tense.

[00:02:01]Okay, maybe we'll have some kayaking.

[00:02:03]Maybe we'll have canine bonding with puppies. Horse therapy, equine mirroring, horse therapy. There's rooms people can stay in. Creative sessions, music, music to soothe the soul.

[00:02:16]This is beautiful.

[00:02:17]There's a jacuzzi.

[00:02:19]It's amazing. And so, nature immersion, hiking, going to a Galilee trails, okay?

[00:02:26]Maybe ping pong table, maybe billiards table. Just to get their muscles moving.

[00:02:30]They can't just clam up. And many people in America know what happened with the Vietnam veterans, okay? And so, definitely there's rules here and regulations. And look at the view, you can see the Sea of Galilee from here.

[00:02:45]It's amazing. And we're very, very excited to even be able to have wheelchair access for community activities.

[00:02:54]Just what a view from the jacuzzi. From the jacuzzi to be able to see the Sea of Galilee. I just love it. We'll have stories. We'll have activities. We'll be able to have nature sessions where they go into nature.

[00:03:06]And so, friends, what I'm excited about is to see the healing of these people.

[00:03:10]They have kids. Some of them are married. Some of them are not married.

[00:03:14]Reintegrating, we'll have the wives circle. Be able to have the spouses be able to come and and help them in this in this time. Maybe they'll be able to have a legacy book recorded sessions of what they've been through.

[00:03:29]Be able to share that. Friends, I'm asking you, the needs grow as the work of the Aliyah Return Center grows.

[00:03:36]Friends, the needs grow.

[00:03:37]And if it's in your heart to support the soldiers who are healing, this is a real battle. Healing from trauma.

[00:03:45]Will you be able to consider playing a part in helping get this thing funded to help for years to come for many, many heroes who put everything on the line to keep this country safe. Thank you.