Stop-Loss

Movie
2008
Director Kimberly Peirce

Stop-Loss

This movie is about soldiers that came back from the war in Iraq. The main character goes AWOL after he tries to get out of the military and ends up being forced to go back. During the time when he was AWOL, he had many flash backs of an fire explosion that badly burned one of his men. In one scene, he is sitting by a motel pool and thinks that his friend is in the bottom of the pool. He jumps in to save him. In another particular scene, his other buddy thinks that he is on a mission in Iraq, but he is really digging a trench in his front yard. In the end the main character ends up turning himself in and is shipped back to Iraq.

This relates to the section Health, Stress, and Coping. I chose this movie because it was very meaningful and really opens your eyes to what veterans have to cope with. They suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, a pattern of severe negative reactions following a traumatic event.

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