CAN: TWO VETERANS SHARE MENTAL HEALTH JOURNEY
<p><pi><b>This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment.</b></pi></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>Wednesday</p>\n<p>Newmarket, Ontario</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>:18-:24</p>\n<p>Chris Dupee</p>\n<p>Cadence Co-founder</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1:32-1:40</p>\n<p>David Ward</p>\n<p>Veteran</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p>POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IS SOMETHING MANY VETERANS DEAL WITH. </p>\n<p>SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT CONSIDER... IS IT'S NOT JUST AMERICANS AT RISK. </p>\n<p>HEATHER BOTTS REPORTS ON WHAT ONE CANADIAN VETERAN IS DOING ABOUT IT. </p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>Natsot/Dupee</p>\n<p>"This was presented to me after tour."</p>\n<p>CHRIS DUPEE IS PROUD OF HIS SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN MILITARY, INCLUDING A DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN.</p>\n<p>Chris Dupee/Cadence Co-founder</p>\n<p>"It was an amazing experience." </p>\n<p>UNEXPECTED PERHAPS WHEN THAT VERY CARREER LED HIM DOWN A PATH OF MENTAL ILLNESS.</p>\n<p>Chris Dupee/Cadence Co-founder</p>\n<p>"You get pressed into mental levels that you never thought you would have to go,"</p>\n<p>DUPEE WAS LATER DIAGNOSED WITH POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, LEADING TO HIS RELEASE FROM THE MILITARY.</p>\n<p>OVER THE YEARS, HE'S GONE FROM LIVING IN HIS TRUCK AND AVOIDING PTSD TRIGGERS TO SPEAKING OPENLY ABOUT HIS MENTAL HEALTH.</p>\n<p>Chris Dupee/Cadence Co-founder</p>\n<p>"It's a mirror, right?. We gotta look into it and we have to recognize what we see as ours. OK, I have PTSD, now what?"</p>\n<p>STRUGGLING TO FIND THE RIGHT SUPPORT, DUPEE REALIZED A WAY OF HELPING HIMSELF WAS TO HELP OTHERS. </p>\n<p>THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF 'CADENCE,' A MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CENTRE FOR VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.</p>\n<p>Natsot/Reporter</p>\n<p>"It's a very cozy and comforting space here."</p>\n<p>AT THE ENTRANCE, INSPIRING WORDS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE WALKED THIS PATH OF RECOVERY HELPING TO GUIDE THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW .</p>\n<p>Natsot/Reporter</p>\n<p>"Is that something thats talk about here, growth and freedom? Freedom from what? </p>\n<p>Chris Dupee/Cadence Co-founder</p>\n<p>"Freedom from your demons, freedom from whatever's holding you back,</p>\n<p>THEY OFFER PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT FOCUSED ON FRONT LINE TRAUMA.</p>\n<p>A COMMON THEME FOR THOSE ON A SHARED JOURNEY OF PAIN AND RECOVERY. </p>\n<p>DAVID WARD IS ONE OF THEM.</p>\n<p>David Ward/Veteran</p>\n<p>"I've tried to move on with my life my way and I ended up falling into a deep rut and I attempted suicide with a firearm."</p>\n<p>WARD HAD SERVED 19 YEARS, WITH 2 TOURS IN AFGHANISTAN.</p>\n<p>David Ward/Veteran</p>\n<p>"I realized that the moment I felt that bullet go through my forehead was I was looking at the world wrong because at that point in time I had lost hope."</p>\n<p>GETTING HELP IN A SPACE SURROUNDED BY OTHER VETERANS GIVES HIM THE STRENGTH TO SHARE HIS STORY. </p>\n<p>David Ward/Veteran</p>\n<p>"I dont want people to follow the same footsteps. I'm hoping that with my openness and my struggles and being open with that hopefully people can relate and not go down the same path." </p>\n<p>HERE, IT'S ABOUT HELPING THAT COMMUNITY, THROUGH SHARED CONVERSATION.</p>\n<p>Chris Dupee/Cadence Co-founder</p>\n<p>"It starts with I believe in acknowledgement of what youre going through, you really gotta see that. Talking helps you get to that point, whether its with a therapist or best friend, mother, whatever it is."</p>\n<p>DUPEE ADMITS MANAGING MENTAL HEALTH WILL BE A LIFE LONG JOURNEY.</p>\n<p>ONE HE BELIEVES SHOULD NOT BE DONE ALONE.</p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p>ONTARIO MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS </p>