CoH Episode 22: Dan Jarvis from 22Zero
Episode description
This week’s guest is Retired Army SFC Dan Jarvis. While deployed to Afghanistan, SFC Jarvis was involved in numerous traumatic incidents, including stepping on a pressure plate that detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) five feet from his position. Dan’s traumatic combat experience and personal tragedies eventually sent him down a dark path that nearly caused him to take his own life. Years later Dan would reach out to the VA for help and was eventually diagnosed with PTSD.
The VA diagnosed Dan with Post Traumatic Stress and began to treat him with prolonged exposure therapy, which tormented him nearly as much as the trauma he had experienced. He opted not to continue this line of treatment after the VA canceled a couple of appointments.
Dan went through the breakthrough treatment and his experience with alternative therapies was so life-changing that he was compelled to help others find the same relief from traumatic memories. This is when Dan founded the nonprofit 22Zero. It was an honor to sit down with Dan and a discussion that others suffering need to hear.