Trevor Beaman joined the military roughly 22 years ago because he thought it would be more honorable to die for his country than to die by suicide.  His first suicide attempt was when he was merely 12 years-old.  Much of Trevor’s story is a lifelong struggle with multi-layered trauma, exposure to conditions and events that began very early in his life and continued well into adulthood. He’s a survivor, but has suffered from symptoms of severe post-traumatic stress, including two other suicide attempts. His journey to a remarkable recovery began several years ago, after successful treatment for PTSI/PTSD via Dual Sympathetic Reset (DSR) — the advanced form of Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) — by Dr. Eugene Lipov, who pioneered of both protocols. Trevor credits the treatment with eliminating the suicidal thoughts and visceral symptoms he once experienced. Today, Trevor has emerged as a fierce mental health advocate. He chose to open up publicly about his life, including the ‘dark side’ of his past, and continues to do so. By sharing the experience of his extreme childhood trauma, he knew it could prove helpful to folks with similar experiences, just like his stories of combat trauma are helping to curb the alarming rise of suicides among active-duty troops.