Description
- YOU ARE NOT ALONE: Tens of millions of people worldwide are effected by PTSD. Yet for many, it is often a lonely and embarrassing part of their lives. This coin is meant to help end the stigma that has surrounded PTSD for many years.
- CARRY IT: If you have PTSD, carrying this coin gives you a physical connection to others who face the same struggles as you. The conscious decision to carry the coin, allows you to not only acknowledge your PTSD, but serves as way of proving that you are in fact, in control.
- GIVE IT: If a friend or loved one has PTSD, give them this coin. That seemingly simple gesture, tells them that you know, you care and that you are there for them. They need not be alone any longer.
- END THE STIGMA
- SEE BELOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE COIN REPRESENTS
The PTSD Challenge Coin was designed by Paul V. Jockimo. The challenge coin has a 1.75" diameter and is 3mm thick. What the coin represents: The Teal outer ring is the color of PTSD awareness. This color ties those many millions together in commonality. The gold lettering on the black background, represents an emerging from the darkness in which PTSD has been kept for far too long. The hardened metal of which the coin is made, represents the strength, often un-noticed or forgotten, of those with PTSD. And the reversed PTSD on the back of the coin represents the turning around of mind-sets and characterizations that have helped unfairly isolate so many.
