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PTSD and Guilt Plagued Veteran Duncan (54): 'I Was Withdrawn and Prone to Arguments'

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“People being shot and bleeding to death or driven out of their burning and bombed-out homes. Starving children along the road, begging for food.” What Duncan van der Velden went through is intense. The war veteran from Bakel was left with PTSD.
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Duncan van der Velden from Bakel was just a "snot-nosed kid" when he went on a mission to Bosnia in 1992. He wrote a book about the traumas he suffered there and his treatment. But after that cathartic book, Duncan experienced a massive relapse. He wrote about it again. *Bleeding Heart* is released on Wednesday, August 12. Every night, people come and stand by Duncan's bedside. They aren't really there, but they did exist and live on in his mind…

“People being shot and bleeding to death or driven out of their burning and bombed-out homes. Starving children along the road, begging for food.” What Duncan van der Velden went through is intense. The war veteran from Bakel was left with PTSD.

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ed.nl broke the news on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
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