Ep. 37: Michael Carrasquillo — Healing the Psychological Wounds of Combat

<p>In honor of Memorial Day, we’ve invited back one of our favorite guests, who joined the Army soon after 9/11 and barely survived 5 bullet wounds in Afghanistan. In our first conversation (Episode 17 of <em>Unbeatable</em>), we heard a vivid description of that life-changing day. This time, Veteran Michael (CQ) Carrasquillo is back to dive deep into healing from the emotional and psychological wounds of combat.</p><p>You’ll hear:</p><ul><li><p>a recap of the events that led to his many injuries requiring 44 surgeries</p></li><li><p>why it took a while to recognize his own symptoms of PTSD</p></li><li><p>the thing he wants all veterans and trauma survivors to hear about how to get out of a dark emotional place</p></li><li><p>how he uses his comedy skills and his <em>Pop Culture Warrior</em> show to help others</p></li></ul><p>**PLUS, Jeff and CQ take a quick critical look at the best and worst superhero movies of all time!</p><p>Catch <em>Pop Culture Warrior</em> and connect with CQ here:</p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/popculturewarrior">https://linktr.ee/popculturewarrior</a></p><p>-Leave a review of this podcast on your favorite platform; it helps us get these stories out to more people who need to hear them! To give specific feedback directly to us on what you like about the podcast and what you don’t, <a href="https://quaxel1.net/v1/t/c/2b3ed2cf-300e-79b2-9703-2f1d8f0f797f/gm%3Ab39a0549-8a2e-4a35-952a-671a2999877b/Multiple%20Recipients/?https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1WfrG5Lcg7oMvFmza5tGiDGe0S9bShJqwkAX97vahcjw%2Fedit=">fill out this 5-minute survey</a>.</p><p>-Don’t let fear win. <a href="https://jeffstruecker.com/survival-guide/">Get your FREE copy of the </a><em><a href="https://jeffstruecker.com/survival-guide/">Unbeatable Army Survival Guide</a></em><a href="https://jeffstruecker.com/survival-guide/"> HERE</a></p><p>-<a href="https://jeffstruecker.com/product/unbeatable-t-shirt/">Get your UNBEATABLE Army T-shirt HERE</a></p>