Afghanistan Veteran's Harrowing Account of War's Unseen Scars

Afghanistan War Veteran Shares Trauma: 'I Couldn't Control My Tears' A former French soldier, Mayeul, has shared his harrowing experiences from the Afghanistan war, revealing the intense psychological toll it took on him. In a short video released by Brut, Mayeul recounts the emotional devastation of recovering the bodies of his fallen comrades, describing it as the most traumatic aspect of his time in combat. "It wasn't the fighting that traumatized me," he says, "but the picking up of the bodies of my friends, what I saw and felt." He also described the uncontrollable tremors and tears he experienced after these events. The video is a brief excerpt from a longer interview available on Brut's YouTube channel, providing a powerful testament to the unseen wounds of war and the ongoing need for support for veterans.