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World War II – A Sailor’s Story
The story of Pat Meyers, a veteran of World War II is a stunning example. 
Meyers was in the Navy, stationed in the South Pacific. Like many combat
veterans, he remembers little of those times, having blocked much of the
experience out. One incident that stands out, though, is the suicide plane that hit
his ship while he was on sick leave. Several of his brothers-in-arms perished
that day, but Meyers was on shore, recovering from an illness.
The guilt he felt was crushing, as one of those killed had been standing in for
him. He believed that the life of the man sacrificed should have rightfully been
his own. Obsessed by the thought, Meyers began to descend into a life long
battle with mental illness. 
At the war’s end, he returned home, but was never right in his own skin. He
drank, but this provided no relief. Unable to sleep, he did his best to hide his
inner turmoil, refusing to discuss what had happened out there on the ocean with
anyone. And so, looking for a way to conquer the demons which had followed

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him from the waters of the South Pacific, he constructed a fortress in which he
might conceal his symptoms. He turned to intense work as a salesman.
But even his work couldn’t hide the symptoms of his illness. His family came to
fear his outbursts, which were sudden. He was unpredictable, given to punching
holes in walls and violent fits of temper. Restless, as though running from the
impact of that suicide plane, he dragged his family across the USA, from place
to place. They were never anywhere long enough to put down roots. Meyers
couldn’t name what was wrong, but his family knew it was there, lurking just
under his turbulent surface.
When he finally retired, the pressure which had built up inside him for four
decades finally became too much. He was committed to a psychiatric hospital
and began to understand just how ill he’d become. Following that first
commitment, Meyer was to be committed five more times and for fifteen years,
was treated for depression, enduring shock therapy, the administration of
pharmaceutical drugs and attending group counselling sessions. Numerous
times he contemplated suicide, indulging in reckless behavior he hoped would
end his suffering, once and for all. 
Finally, a doctor at the Veteran’s Administration recommended that he try
hypnosis. That’s when Meyers began investigating the possibility that hypnosis
might help him get to the bottom of what was making him ill. He found the
book, Self-Hypnosis for a Better Life. Authored by William Hewitt, Meyers
found within the book’s pages what he’d been looking for. He began to follow
some of Hewitt’s recommendations. He learned to rid his mind of negativity and
to transport himself to pleasant places (like the beach) where he could focus on
what was beautiful in life.
It was not long after starting his journey toward wellness, with the help of
Hewitt’s book, that he found he longer was forced to turn away from television
shows about WWII, or leave conversations which discussed it. He was suddenly

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rid of the demons that had chased him from the South Pacific and across the
United States for four decades of his life.
Today, Meyers says he wishes he’d known about the healing powers of hypnosis
sooner. That knowledge might have spared him and those he loves a life time of
suffering and institutionalization. His answer to that deficit of care is to share
what he knows with others, taking great pains to look for and reach out to other
veterans suffering the effects of war trauma.