In 1999, Rick McCarty of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, turned to art to heal the psychological wounds from his combat experiences in Vietnam in 1971. Like many fellow veterans, McCarty suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a condition that causes victims to endure nightmares, flashbacks, emotional numbing, anger and hopelessness as a result of living through traumatic experiences, like war and its aftermath.
Rick McCarty PTSD Drawings 
