He was deployed to Afghanistan from January 2002 to July 2002, a few months after the Sept. Department of Defense, Mavrakis served 20 years in the U.S. Other symptoms include repeated nightmares and trouble sleeping.Īccording to the U.S. It is harder for people with PTSD to control impulses and emotions. Those seemingly minor brain changes can have serious effects on someone’s life. Other areas of the brain that deal with memory also are affected. Specifically, traumatic events affect the amygdalae, two almond-shaped clusters in the center of the brain that govern fight or flight responses, emotional control and memory processing and areas of the frontal cortex that deal with emotional control, motivation and reward systems. Research has shown that such incidents can cause chemical and physical changes in two principal areas of the brain, Bryan said. The disorder begins when someone undergoes a traumatic event, like the unexpected explosion of a landmine or IED. More: Warrior Beat drums up support for military veteransīut what is PTSD? And is there a link between PTSD and violence? Can PTSD lead someone who has it to kill someone else? More: Family of four killed in Jackson Township: 'I know her husband has like PTSD' Tony Mavrakis, Nicholas’s brother, later posted on Facebook that PTSD likely pushed Nicholas to kill his wife and children. Just 30 seconds into the 911 call placed by one of Lesley Mavrakis’ relatives that alerted emergency services to the deaths, the relative told dispatchers, “I know her husband has like PTSD from the military, and he’s been having some problems.”
The deaths, which police are investigating as a triple murder and suicide, also are raising questions about the potential role that post-traumatic stress disorder might have played. The June 20 deaths of Nicholas Mavrakis III, his wife, Lesley, and their children, 13-year-old Ace and 5-year-old Pippa, unleashed an outpouring of grief in the family’s Jackson Township neighborhood and beyond.
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