Acupuncture to treat PTSD

A nearby military veteran said she found a brand new potential supply of aid in her fight post-traumatic stress disorder.

Joy Dumolt served behind the camera, recording Navy crime scenes.

"I've taken pictures of the child abuse, the partner abuse, killing, the crime scenes -suicides," Dumolt said.

She retired after twenty years, but she cannot shake what she smelled or saw.

" Sometimes, there are even certain smells," she said while cringing.

While 10News writer Hannah Mullins spoke to her, it became clear that the PTSD chat pure considered it took her back on base when she was five months pregnant. Her reaction was visceral.

"Something happened to me in 1994," Dumolt discussed. "When I smell strong colognes, I get worried."

She said yes, when Mullins asked if it had been sexual assault, and she could not stop dragging on her ears and rubbing her nose.

"at the moment, the Navy would inform you to shut up," she explained. "It never happened."

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She said she wound up abandoned with seven kids, but did not need to pop pills. She turned to acupuncture, that has become a growing trend for PTSD treatment.

At this time, the VA has not authorized it being an effective treatment, but they have been conducting studies.

It has existed for thousands of years, but one kind targets the ears.

Susannah Sunderland, an acupuncturist at Rejuvination Station in Cardiff, said, "It's very effective. Your whole body is planned on your head."

She explained each prick goals redirects ptsd acupuncture blood circulation and a body part from the section of your mind that makes you stress.

Dumolt got a much- .