Local veteran finds passion for life again after being paired with her service dog, Delta [Video]

Now an Air Force veteran of 12 years, Sarah knew she wanted to be in the military at a young age.

Sarah, who has chosen not to identify her full name, joined the armed forces in 2009, as a dental assistant and then went on to perform aircraft maintenance.

Her life took a turn when she started experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms.

“PTSD for me had looked like self-isolating, and nightmares, panic attacks and just not having a very good quality of living,” said Sarah.

Dr. Alan Peterson, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio said PTSD can show up in different ways.

“There are about 20 different symptoms that exist. They do fold into some main clusters or types of symptoms. One is avoidance. There’s hyper-arousal symptoms. So, people will feel worked up, you know, physically. And then they also have what is called re-experiencing …