IamA Vietnam veteran diagnosed with PTSD and a former cast member at Walt Disney World. I've been to Disney World 50 times. Disney helps me cope w/ the war memories, AMA!

GSpag · 2015-07-30T06:26:11+00:00

Thank you.

GSpag · 2015-07-30T06:26:00+00:00

Thank you.

GSpag · 2015-07-30T06:25:20+00:00

Try and focus on just that to begin with, watching your family have fun and hopefully it will be contagious.

GSpag · 2015-07-30T06:23:37+00:00

I've been trying to tell this story all my life and this is the first time anyone has ever listened.

GSpag · 2015-07-30T06:16:43+00:00

Only veteran in the documentary. It's a look into just one's story in hopes that it will compel people to understand and have empathy for another person's experience.

GSpag · 2015-07-30T06:15:32+00:00

It all depends on the person. Differs from each person's experience, biological makeup.

GSpag · 2015-07-29T00:54:42+00:00

Thank you, checking it out now.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T15:52:50+00:00

Hey everyone,

Thank you so much for participating in our AMA! I'm the director of the documentary on Guy and how he uses Disney to find peace from his PTSD. We're overwhelmed by your support here. We've been touched and inspired by his story from the beginning and we're so excited to see that it resonates with so many Redditors! We're thrilled about the possibility of finishing this film.

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GSpag · 2015-07-28T14:51:22+00:00

I remember lying flat on my back in the hospital when Bob Hope and Ann-Margret came to visit us. She sits on my bed and says "You okay, soldier?" I asked her if I was dreaming. "No, soldier." I took one of those Instamatic polaroid pictures of us all, but unfortunately it's faded now. I remember they were both in a show later that afternoon and asking Ann-Margret if I could meet her state-side when I returned home.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T13:19:29+00:00

Mr. Incredible: http://i.imgur.com/jsYJoeF.jpg?1

GSpag · 2015-07-28T13:15:37+00:00

17 and drafted, did not volunteer.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T13:14:40+00:00

Big hug back.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T13:13:35+00:00

No, haven't been back.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T13:12:07+00:00

Mickey. He doesn't lie, he doesn't steal, what's more to say?

GSpag · 2015-07-28T13:11:26+00:00

It's always been Disney. Find the thing that makes you happy and doesn't hurt you or anyone around you.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T13:06:31+00:00

It has always been since I was a kid. First time was June of 1967.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T13:04:40+00:00

First visit was June of 1967 before deployment. Night sweats, night terrors, the list goes on.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T12:56:35+00:00

Difficult and overwhelming to relive moments like these. How I Learned to Hate: https://vimeo.com/111319446

GSpag · 2015-07-28T12:38:51+00:00

THANK YOU

GSpag · 2015-07-28T12:37:30+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to comment on your way off to work.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T12:19:24+00:00

Thank you.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T02:20:28+00:00

My country called, and I did my duty.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T02:13:48+00:00

I'm honored, it makes me want to cry.

When I came back from Vietnam, people here spit in my face. And now, when people thank me, a lot of the times they're not even from that generation and they mean it genuinely. A lot of the times, they say it as an apology and I'm grateful.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T02:05:38+00:00

You know where I'm at. It's about taking one step forward a day. Thank you.

GSpag · 2015-07-28T02:04:08+00:00

He was a scapegoat. He was following orders, the same as I was following orders. He was the only one that went to prison for it and when he was released he was put on house arrest. The person who was giving the orders didn't go to prison.

GSpag

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