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College of Nursing
Quality of Life of Filipino Soldiers

with Combat-Related Trauma
After the Battle of Marawi
Research Paper
Presented to
The FACULTY OF ARELLANO UNIVERSITY
Juan Sumulong Campus, Manila City
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the
Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing
By:
Hernandez, Camille R.
Laserna, Gretchen B.
Lin, Manilyn B.
Mariñas, Ednalyn Angelica C.
Mercado, Jamie Marie A.
Orque, Jelly P.
Submitted to:
SONIA DIGNADICE RN MAN
Adviser
October 2018
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The researchers would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to
the people who helped them to materialize this sudy. The researchers would like to
extend their unyielding appreciation to the following:
The researcher’s family, for their never ending love and support.
To Sonia M. Dignadice, RN, MAN, for constant guidance and advises and ample
time spent that help us bring this study into success.
To our panelists, Leonora P. Borromeo RN, MAN, Wilma D. Ymasa RN, MAN,
and Ruhiyyih C. Barnachia RN, MAN, for their constructive comments, suggestions, and
critiquing.
To our dean of college of nursing, Leonora P. Borromeo RN, MAN, for her
favorable response regarding the study.
To the 1st Infantry Battalion, 2nd Division Philippine Army for allowing the
researchers to conduct the study in their respective camp.
To the respondents, for their hospitality shown and time spent during the
researchers’ interview.
And above all, to Almighty God who made everything worked according to our
favor.
Thank you,
The Researchers
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RESEARCH ABSTRACT
Title: QUALITY OF LIFE OF FILIPINO SOLDIERS WITH COMBAT-RELATED

TRAUMA AFTER THE BATTLE OF MARAWI
Researchers:
Lin, Manilyn B.
Orque, Jelly P.
Adviser: SONIA M. DIGNADICE RN MAN
Degree : Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Year Completed: October 2018
Statement of the Problem
How is the quality of life of Filipino soldiers with combat-related-trauma after the
battle of Marawi?
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Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the quality of life of
Filipino soldiers with combat-related trauma after the battle of Marawi and how the
influence of the Marawi battle transformed them.
Respondents: The study will help the study participants to verbalize their feelings about
Combat Related Trauma.
Filipino Soldiers: The study will raise awareness to the respondents that acquiring
combat related trauma is a given risk in their chosen job profile.
Researchers: This phenomenological approach will enlighten the researchers about the
quality of ifel of Filipino soldiers who had combat-related trauma after the battle of Marawi.
Health Care Provider: The results and findings of the study may be used as a guide in
communicating with combat-related trauma patients and may define the factors that are
needed to be emphasized in rendering care for the improvement of the quality of holistic
care.
Nursing Education: The study has the potential to contribute another body of knowledge
about the quality of life of Filipino soldiers as they learn to cope to combat-related trauma.
It will also provide some answers to the future inquiries in academic and clinical debates.
Future Researchers: This may be used as a reference for a related subject of research
in the future.
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Summary
The results highlighted that in every war that the soldiers encounter, there are
negative changes that occur; physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. The
participants developed anger issues and hyper-alertness. Every time there are flashbacks
of the Marawi battle, the participants feel emotional. Regardless of all the negative
impacts of the Marawi battle, the participants were able to establish more intimate
relationship with God, encompassed patriotism, built a stronger bond with their troops,
obtained closer family ties, improved their performances at work and developed a positive
outlook in life.
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Recommendation:
Recommendations are offered for study participants, family of the participants,
healthcare provider, and future researchers.
For Study Participants:
Being familiar with your own condition is essential. Accept that you need help. But
in order to help you out, you need to ask for it. Mental Health Law has already been
established in the Philippines, stigma of having any mental health issue will surely subside
since the Filipino are starting embrace mental health awareness. There’s nothing to be
afraid of. Healing begins with acceptance.
For Family of the Study Participants:
Be supportive and be patient with them. Your presence is crucial. Being just with
them will make them feel better.
For Healthcare Provider:
The researchers recommended that stress debriefing should become a part of the
routine evaluation for the soldiers before they are going to deploy to a particular unfamiliar
provinces. The researchers believed that stress debriefing is provided after being
deployed to a traumatic encounter, but assessment of the soldier’s mental health should
be a priority as well before going to deployment. The researchers believe that this
intervention will surely help in decreasing the incidence of combat stress reaction among
Filipino soldiers.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page ........................................................................................................................ 1
Approval Sheet ................................................................................................................ 2
Acknowledgement ........................................................................................................... 3
Research Abstract ........................................................................................................... 4
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................ 5
CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 5
Background of the Study......................................................................................... 5
Statement of the Problem ....................................................................................... 5
Significance of the Study ........................................................................................ 5
Grand Tour and Sub-Questions .............................................................................. 5
Research Paradigm ................................................................................................ 5
Ethical Issues.......................................................................................................... 5
Scope and Delimitation ........................................................................................... 5
Definition of Terms .................................................................................................. 5
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CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
Foreign Literature ................................................................................................... 5
Local Literature ....................................................................................................... 5
Foreign Studies ....................................................................................................... 5
Local Studies .......................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER III: METHODS AND PROCEDURES
Research Design .................................................................................................... 5
Research Locale ..................................................................................................... 5
Instrumentation ....................................................................................................... 5
Sampling Techniques ............................................................................................. 5
Data Gathering Procedure ...................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER IV: PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS
Participant Descriptions .......................................................................................... 5
Discovering the Essence ........................................................................................ 5
Transcripts .............................................................................................................. 5
Extracting Significant Meanings .............................................................................. 5
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Formulating Meanings ............................................................................................ 5
Cluster Findings ...................................................................................................... 5
Emerging Themes .................................................................................................. 5
CHAPTER V: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Interpretation of Findings ...................................................................................... 5
Implications .............................................................................................................
Recommendation.................................................................................................. 5
Summary .............................................................................................................. 5
Simulacrum ........................................................................................................... 5
Bibliography .......................................................................................................... 5
Appendices
A. Transcriptions............................................................................................. 5
B. Informed Consent....................................................................................... 5
C. Curriculum Vitae......................................................................................... 5
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CHAPTER I
Introduction
In a study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding
guidelines on mental health care after trauma in 21 countries, the results showed more
than 10% of respondents reported witnessing violence (21.8%), exposure to war (16.2%)
and etc.(WHO, 2013).
Combat related trauma, break like an epidemic at Philippine military camps after
the battle for the amity of Marawi City. The 300 military casualties of Marawi Crisis are
currently on treatment at Camp Evangelista Station Hospital (CESH) in Iligan City for post
trauma issues. Eighteen soldiers were admitted at AFP Health Service Command
Department of Mental Health Behavioral Science Ward 23-25 to seek medical assistance
after having been diagnosed with combat related-PTSD.
Combat stress is an expected and predictable reaction to combat related
experiences of military personnel after exposure to arms battle and having survived in
a combat zone where people are under constant physiological stress and
psychological stress. (Cmdr. Carrie Kennedy, PhD, ABPP) This is also known as
combat-related trauma. The trauma experienced of a civilian is called as Acute Stress
Reaction.
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Combat-related trauma is manifested by hyper startle, hyper vigilance, intrusive
memories, sleep difficulties, irritability, anger issues, and avoidance of things that
remind the traumatic experience. The symptoms of combat related trauma varies from
every case, the clinical manifestations above are the most common ones and usually
they don’t last for a month.
Combat-related Trauma is the precursor of Post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD). Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental health condition that is characterized
by increased activity in the amygdala resulting to hypersensitivity to small triggers and the
shrinking of hippocampus causes difficulty in distinguishing memories.
PTSD is triggered by a terrifying event — either by experiencing it or by witnessing
it. Before the symptoms are classified as that of PTSD, they should persist for over a
month. Most of the time, treatment of PTSD requires hospitalization and long-term
psychological therapy.
According to studies, there are three critical steps to be had to recover from PTSD
and Combat Related Trauma, as follows: Developing a trusting relationship with a
professional, telling one’s experience of trauma in the context of therapy; and developing
or reviving one’s connection to family, friends, and community.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Exposure therapy are the common interventions
given to a military personnel who suffered from Combat stress reaction.
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy is about the following : (ABCT) way of acting (like learning
to talk about feared experiences), way of feeling (like helping a person be less scared,
less depressed, less anxious), way of thinking (like learning to face memories), way of
dealing with physical or medical problems (like confronting depression without using
alcohol).
However, Exposure therapy is about reliving the traumatic experience but it’s
therapeutic effect was based on the patients’ response.
On June 21, 2018, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act 11036 – Mental
Health Law. The law mandates to provide mental health services from tertiary hospitals
to the barangay health centers. Mental Health facilities will be improved and mental health
awareness will be promoted through education at campuses and lectures at market
places. The PhilHealth also provides coverage for mental health services such as
psychiatric consultations and medicines particularly acute mental disorder and behavioral
disorder at a package rate of Php 7,800.00.
“Health is finally here. The Mental Health Law, cements the government’s
commitment to a more holistic approach to health care: without sound mental health there
can be no genuine physical health,” said Sen. Risa Hontiveros.
Ian Coate was once quoted: “we expect our soldiers to fight our battles. Later, we
should support them as they fight theirs”. The war within still continues. Our soldiers
aren’t home yet and not all wounds are visible.
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THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Background of the Study
Choosing one’s battle is always a wise move but soldiers don’t have the choice.
For the past few years, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) defense have
continuously been challenged by several local terrorists and they have been exposed to
incidents of extreme trauma. The most recent crisis that the Philippines faced was the
warfare against ISIS led by Maute group which caused great strain in the nation’s security.
The five-month long battle against the Maute group left significant battle wounds among
Filipino soldiers. Although the battle has already ended, the soldiers are still raising their
red flags in a changed setting, which is in their mind. The battle against a sick mind seems
to be the toughest among all. Another refining will be done to the soldiers but instead of
being led by their commanders, medical professionals will be the one who are going to
lead them. For now, combat-related trauma became an alarming issue in mental health
among Filipino soldiers.
The recent crisis, led to the increase in incidence of combat-related trauma among
Filipino soldiers. The study conducted is concerning the quality of life of Filipino soldiers
after they were involved in combat-related trauma during their exposure to Marawi crisis
and previous battle encounters with the terrorists, either local or international who tried to
break the peace and order of the country particularly in the Mindanao provinces.
Combat related trauma is a common case, yet a serious health issue among
military personnel who are returning from various combat missions. Combat related
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trauma disturbs many features of one's life, including the ability to function normally in
personal, social and family aspects of life.
This study attempted to understand the quality of life of the Filipino soldiers who
had combat related trauma. The study explained the quality of life of the Filipino soldiers
with Combat-related Trauma, through discovering and identifying the evolving symptoms,
personal coping strategies, personal and relationship changes that occurred due to
combat-related trauma.
The research conducted is likewise aimed to help the future researchers, students,
and health care providers understand the client's viewpoint in order to improve
participants’ quality of life. Combat related trauma has a profound influence on the
affected individuals, yet it should not necessarily prevent them from leading a meaningful
and fulfilling life.
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Research Paradigm
Descriptive and
Purposive
Interpretive Data Gathering
Sampling
Phenomenology
Colaizzi’s Data
Transcribing Recording
Analysis Method
Emergent and
Clustered
Themes
Figure 1. Research Paradigm
The research paradigm shown how the researchers assumed the process
of how the study will be conducted. The researchers used Purposive sampling which
focuses on the individuals who possesses the criteria needed. Purposive sampling was
the technique used in obtaining/selecting respondents. During data gathering procedure,
semi-structured questions were asked to the respondents. The researchers conducted
the interview and the said interviews were documented using audio- recorder and field
notes. The researchers transcribed the exact statements of the respondents. The
researchers used Colaizzi’s seven procedural steps as a method for data analysis.
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Subsequently, the researchers came up with emergent and cluster themes. Finally,
the researchers gathered the data on the quality of life of Filipino soldiers with combat-
related-trauma after the battle of Marawi.
Statement of the Problem
Central Question:
How is the quality of life of Filipino soldiers with combat-related-trauma after the
battle of Marawi?
Sub Questions:
What are the emerging messages derived from the quality of life of Filipino soldiers
with combat-related-trauma after battle of Marawi.
What is the cluster messages derived from the quality of life of Filipino soldiers
with combat-related-trauma after the battle of Marawi?
Significance of the Study
Respondents: The study will help the study participants to verbalize their feelings about
Combat Related Trauma.
Filipino Soldiers: The study will raise awareness to the respondents that acquiring
combat related trauma is a given risk in their chosen job profile.
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Researchers: This phenomenological approach will enlighten the researchers about the
Quality of Life of Filipino Soldiers who had combat-related trauma after the Battle of
Marawi.
Health Care Provider: The results and findings of the study may be used as a guide in
communicating with combat-related trauma patients and may define the factors that are
needed to be emphasized in rendering care for the improvement of the quality of holistic
care.
Nursing Education: The study has the potential to contribute another body of knowledge
about the quality of life of Filipino soldiers as they learn to cope to combat-related trauma.
It will also provide some answers to the future inquiries in academic and clinical debates.
Future Researchers: This may be used as a reference for a related subject of research
in the future.
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Ethical issues
These are the following ethical issues that the researchers considered during the
conduct of the study, with the approval of the Arellano University Board of Ethics
Committee.
 Confidentiality
The researchers secured the identities of the respondents by abiding with the
principles of privacy and confidentiality. The informants were asked what codenames do
they prefer to use which was a combination of characters and numericals (two syllable
word with four numericals), it was used for the identification of audio recording, interview
and transcript on the respondents. No personal data of the participants were asked during
the interview proper.
Only the researchers and research adviser, as well as the respective participant can
have access to the original transcript. The accessibility of the original transcript is for the
purpose of reviewing the papers of the researchers.
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 Informed Consent
Prior to the data gathering procedure, the researchers provided verbal and written
explanation for the informed consent. The informed consent is written in English and
Filipino. The explanation of the informed consent lasted for 15 minutes. The researchers
emphasized the purpose and significance of the study. The inclusion criteria of the
participants, strict confidentiality and privacy of the data that will be gathered was
highlighted as well.
Scope and Delimitations
This study was done in a military camp in Quezon Province. This study focuses
mainly on the military personnel who have traumatic encounter, particularly Marawi Crisis,
and underwent psychiatric evaluation after the end of deployment from Marawi.
For the research participants, the researchers chose male or female military
personnel with age ranging 23-55 years old, and at least three years in the military
service. No specific branch of service was needed. They must have encountered wars or
any traumatic events, particularly have been deployed to Marawi. They must have also
gone through stress debriefing after the end of deployment to Marawi.
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Definition of Terms
Anger issues- a problem one has in controlling his/her temper over trite and trivial
concerns, usually resulting in broken walls and furniture as well as lots of swearing.
Combat Related Stress- a state of mental or emotional strain or tension. Resulting from
adverse or very demanding circumstances related to combat operations.
Coping Strategy - a conscious effort to solve a personal or interpersonal problem that
will help in overcoming, minimizing, or tolerating stress or conflict.
Critical incident Stress Debriefing, or CISD- a method of crisis intervention that
addresses the sometimes overwhelming effects of a crisis, or critical incident, on first
responders.
Hyper vigilance- extreme or excessive vigilance; the state of being highly or abnormally
alert to potential danger or threat.
Patriotism- the trait of being patriotic; vigorous support for one's country;
Quality of Life- the standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an
individual or group; the things that are needed for a good quality of life.
Soldier- who fights on the ground as part of an army. They can be enlisted, commissioned
officer and etc. (i.e.: Scout Rangers, Special Armed Forces)
Trauma- a behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical
injury.
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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Foreign Literature
According to CNN (2017), "thousands of US service members with serious mental
health conditions such as PTSD etc. have been discharged for misconduct in recent
years. Such injuries and conditions can affect a person's behavior, which could lead to
their discharge." Former military personnel with mental health issues like PTSD get
discharged for misconduct instead of just having a sick leave for hospital admission to get
treatment. Misperception gets stern consequences such as exclusion in getting health
care.
According to Ondrej Skramlik (2017), “I believe that salutogenic approach is
suitable for the nurses to remain healthy in stressful environment in which the deployment
provides”. Salutogenesis is about supporting human health rather than the factors that
causes the disease. This approach was used and proven effective to reduce incidence of
PTSD cases among military personnel particularly military nurses.
According to Foster (2017), “People with PTSD need to speak with a mental health
provider.” Scientific research and proven methods for treating PTSD work by letting the
patient to confront and deal to the intrusive thoughts. The process can start by talking
with anyone, like a health care provider, chaplain or even just a friend.
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Local literature
According to Lelis (2017), “troops wounded in the ongoing final assault on the
constricted Marawi City stronghold of the Maute Group had been evacuated to the Camp
Evangelista Station Hospital (CESH) in the headquarters of the Philippine Army’s 4th
Infantry “Diamond” Division. The influx of battle casualties on 31 August 2017 prompted
the Center of Psychological Extension and Research Services (COPERS) to send a
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) mission to CESH. The latest
COPERS deployment in support of the wounded-in-action (WIA) was able to serve 107
troops for stress debriefing, psychosocial support, risk assessment, and individual
counseling on grief, physical disability, and trauma issues.” Mental Health and
Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) interventions conducted by the COPERS can be helpful
in preventing the development of the combat-stress reactions such as depression and
Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
According to Atuelan, ABS-CBN News (2017), “some security forces may have
been traumatized by combat experiences in the long-drawn battle against terrorists who
laid siege to the southern city of Marawi. The government has prepared contingency
measures for troops who may be suffering from combat stress.” The soldiers had been
fighting for Marawi since May 23, combat and operational stress reactions have the high
possibility to occur particularly in long-drawn battle. Development of Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder and depression is susceptible.
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According to Dr. Fuentes (2015), “if we're going to talk about the military
organization with the knowledge to mental health, some of them still needs psycho-
education. Because when our patients are discharged, they go back to the unit, the stigma
remains and sometimes they are called "crazy". Mental health is still a very sensitive topic
within the military in the Philippines, as authorities are looking to do more to help those
suffering from mental health problem. In a military environment where weakness is
frowned upon, it can be an uphill task educating people on these invisible wounds of war.
And for those looking forward to getting back to work after treatment, there remain worries
about the stigma they might face.
According to Matina (2016), “combat fatigue and battle stress debriefing are
provided to our soldiers in view of their perilous mission to address any possible
problem of stress that may affect their performance”. Stress debriefing is important for
the Filipino soldiers who experienced war shock so that they can release the feeling of
tension that can be a factor in negative behavioral changes. AFP Health Service
Command provides immediate intervention to combat-fatigue and battle- stress through
debriefing.
According to Tan (2014), ” a person’s memory of traumatic incidents keeps coming
back, causing all kinds of problems ranging from insomnia to thoughts of suicide and felt
PTSD does exist in the Philippines and is most probably greatly underestimated because
many people don’t’ even recognize the problem.” Some of Filipino soldiers don’t admit
about having mental health issues such as PTSD. As a result, they don’t seek medical
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assistance because of shame in having PTSD. Without proper treatment some of them
can’t cope making them to be depressed and sometimes commit suicide.
According to Villamor (2017), “Soldiers who survived in strife-torn Marawi City
yesterday said they were traumatized, too, as a result of the armed conflict in the
predominantly Muslim city.” Soldiers who were rushed out from Marawi after suffering
from wounds confessed that the encounter at Marawi traumatized them. The sight of
exchange of firepower, bloodied soldiers and friends who got killed got them distressed.
According to Cañares-Yamsuan (2017), “Dr. Carandang, a clinical psychologist
(2017), cited three “elements” of trauma that reservists were advised to recognize,
including hyper-vigilance, intrusions and numbness. Hyper-vigilance refers to the
tendency of the mind and body to be “constantly on red alert”. Intrusions could include
nightmares and indiscriminate flashbacks of images that remind a person of the trauma.
Numbness happens when trauma sets in and a person does tasks on autopilot mode.”
Hyper-vigilance can be a source of an illness because the person is not calm, comfortable
and relaxed. If a person is suffering from numbness, that person can function, but is like
a robot with a hole in his/her heart.
According to Edge Davao News (2017), “early intervention could help ease
combat stress reactions, like dissociative and posttraumatic stress disorder or
depression. “We can disclose more fully what’s inside of us. It feels lighter. The support
has been overwhelming,” said First Lieutenant Allan Wadsilang, commander of the 6 th
Scout Ranger Company.” Providing the interventions needed such as stress debriefing
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is crucial for the soldiers that deployed from Marawi some of them manifested signs of
combat stress reactions.
According to UNTV News (2017), “a soldier allegedly committed verbal abuse
against several teachers and students of the Mindanao State University. AFP Public
Affairs Office (PAO) Chief Col. Edgard Arevalo explained it is not far from possible that
the soldier is experiencing combat stress because of the long battle he is engaged in
against terrorists in Marawi City.” Anger issues is one of the common symptoms of
combat stress reaction. Immediate interventions are needed for these to prevent
incidence of this kind of situations.
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Foreign Studies
According to the study entitled art therapy for PTSD and TBI, “a senior active duty
military service member’s therapeutic journey the finding revealed that this process of
healing for an active duty military service member with symptoms of chronic PTSD and
mild TBI identified how the patient overcome resistance to treatment and used art therapy
and acupuncture to externalized and manage recurring intrusive images and traumatic
memories. As a result of the all the assessments the primary diagnosis of PTSD was
considered to be the cause of some the psychotic and depressive symptoms for Fillmore.
These are the goals for Fillmore were to: 1, “get back to normal”, 2, improve memory and
concentration, 3, be able to more effectively manage his guilt/ reduce his morbid thoughts
and regain trust in self, and 4, not feel the pressure from an overactive “rear processor”.
The study highlights the application of nonverbal therapies like art therapy to help the
patients who are unable to express themselves through traditional talk therapies. It will
be such a big help for the active military soldiers to relax and ease their emotional stress
such as anger, and sadness. Physical activity like exercise was also helpful to divert their
minds.
In relation to the study entitled Exploring the Efficacy of an Anger management
Program for Veterans with PTSD, “there is no difference in terms of baseline health
outcome and demographic characteristics were evident between those followed up and
participants lost follow-up. Significant reductions on the primary outcome measures of
anger and aggressive behavior were observed post treatment, and maintenance of
these improvement in the longer term many participants in these studies are still
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experiencing a high burden of symptoms these finding are mirrored by studies exploring
treatment outcomes for PTSD between veterans and non-veterans populations, which
imply that veterans have poorer treatment outcomes.” The studies said that the severity
to handle mental health have still difficulties prior to treatment for the reason that, some
participants was not complying.
In accordance with the study entitled PTSD: The Effect of Age and Military Status
on the Military Population’s Awareness of Community Mental Health Resources, “Age
and/or military affiliation can have a significant relationship to the awareness level of local
community mental health care options available for the treatment of PTSD.” Different age
groups vary when it comes to awareness and to maximize participation in the PTSD
mental health care treatment programs, there must be an assurance that the different age
groups are aware of their existence.
In accordance to a recent study entitled Cognitive Ability and Risk of Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder After Military Deployment: An Observational Cohort Study,
"cognitive ability seems to be a factor among other mental traits and early life conditions
including traumatic events. Military service members with a higher education level may
use better coping methods in relation to trauma exposure independently of their cognitive
ability, because they have access to more resources thereby reducing the risk of post-
traumatic stress disorder." This states that examining the cognitive ability of a military
personnel is significant to determine possible risk for PTSD. It is concerned with the
influence of pre-deployment cognitive ability on symptoms of possible and probable post-
deployment PTSD.
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Local studies
According to the study entitled Barriers and Facilitators of Treatment- seeking:
Case Studies of Filipino active duty soldiers diagnosed w/ combat –related PTSD, “the
study aimed to identify the barriers and facilitators of mental health treatment among three
Filipino male who is active duty soldiers and diagnosed with PTSD the participant
illustrate how they can be held back from seeking help, and how their treatment
emboldens them into acquiring and staying in mental health care. The one participant
belief about health care because having PTSD would sometimes be a struggle as a result
soldier don’t easily welcome medicines, and another participant was stigma and belief
that those admitted in the psychiatry ward are those that had gone crazy, one more so
that these PTSD symptoms may influence of probable barriers of seeking health
treatment and having a negative feedback regarding their beliefs and negative emotion
in terms of PTSD symptoms.” Even though there are barriers to mental health care, they
realized that they still want to regain their previous normal functioning such as; desire to
regain their former selves, this mainly includes; a compelling reason to recover for their
families and profession as a soldier. Despite their condition, their families still loved and
accepted them. A value that Filipinos emphasize: being family-centered. And as a soldier,
they want to show a sense of pride and honor.
According to a study entitled Understanding Combat-Related PTSD Symptom
Expression Through Index Trauma and Military Culture: Case Studies of Filipino Soldiers,
"PTSD, a potentially debilitating disorder may develop following a traumatic event. The
way participants experienced their most incapacitating PTSD symptoms may be
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understood into how direct exposure and close proximity possibly enabled the details of
the traumatic event to be retained in their consciousness. Military cultures may have been
so tenacious among the participants, that even though they are cognitively aware of their
trauma's circumstances, they still firmly believed that they might have violated their sworn
creeds." The participants’ index trauma such as the level of exposure and proximity
possibly enabled the details of the traumatic event to be retained in their consciousness.
The importance of military culture, including the soldier’s creed, is an essential element
into understanding how participants experience their PTSD. It can be concluded that the
participant's index trauma such as direct exposure and military culture specifically
soldier's creed potentially shaped their PTSD expression.
According to the study entitled Mental Health in the Philippines: By the Numbers,
“mental health is not among the priorities as evidenced by its exclusion from health
insurance packages. “ Mental health issues are not prioritized in the Philippines and the
result is the occurrence of stigma of having a mental illness seems common in the country.
According to a recent study entitled Psycho-social Behavior of Selected Psychotic
Cases in Ward 24 of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center (2017),
"unforgettable were Philippine soldiers who fought and died for the sake of freedom and
who until now may yet be suffering from the roars of cannons and guns. Our soldiers
came home from the war still clinging their ears. Until now they still suffer of war phobias
and mental abnormalities." This study focused on the psychosocial behavior of patients
after being, deployed and exposed to war.
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According to the study entitled PTSD Factors Structure and Relationship with Self-
Construal Among Internally Displaced Persons, “the present study examined the factor
structure of six competing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In recognitions of the
role of culture in PTSD, it investigated the associations of the factors of the best-fitting
model with self-construal.” This study resulted PTSD contain a factor of avoidance,
anxious arousal, negative affect, independent self-construal than with interdependent
self-construal.
According to the study entitled Philippine Military Seeks to De-stigmatize Mental
Health Problems, “Mental health is still a very sensitive topic within the military in the
Philippines. The authorities are looking to do more to help those suffering from mental
health problems such as depression, anxiety, psychotic, and trauma related disorder.”
The Filipino soldiers who have mental health concerns deal with a long period of treatment
even though they are already discharged. As they go back to their respective unit, still,
stigma remains in them because mental health issues still is a big deal in our country.
According to the study entitled Military Traumatic Events Vulnerability Scale,
“Majority of instruments that measure the presence of PTSD among soldiers are
bombarded with questions on reliability, specificity, and sensitivity due to inappropriate
use of samples and inapplicability of the generated items to Filipino war context.” The
creation of a valid and reliable picture of pre-diagnostic tool for PTSD that depicts
traumatic events of Filipino combatant soldiers is necessary so that proper and immediate
intervention can be done before and after deployment.
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Synthesis:
During the review of related literature and studies, the researchers found out that
the stigma or the shame of having PTSD worsen the symptoms of the disease itself. It
also became a great barrier in help seeking behavior. Therefore the stigma of having
PTSD is more detrimental than having just combat stress reaction or even PTSD. In the
Philippines, mental health issue is somewhat a taboo. Just being admitted to a mental
health institution made a commoner to think that the people who were admitted there are
“crazy people”. As a matter of fact mental health issues are not prioritized in the
Philippines and the result is the occurrence of stigma of having a mental illness seems
common in the country. Lack of awareness about mental health and limited support from
the government leads to discrimination of the patients who are suffering from combat
stress reaction. Then again, stigma made its entry once more.
The sight of exchange of firepower, bloodied soldiers and friends who got killed
with direct exposure and close proximity possibly enabled the details of the traumatic
event to be retained in their consciousness.
Stress debriefing is of great help to address any possible problems associated
with combat stress that may affect their performance and perspective in life. It renews the
mind and releases the feeling of tension that can be a factor of behavioral changes to the
soldiers. Higher cognition will result to have better coping strategies. Art therapy helps
soldiers to relax and ease their emotional stress. Physical activity as well is used to divert
the soldier’s focus. Therefore, the military personnel with better coping strategies will
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probably have good prognosis of the disease. Without proper coping strategies, some of
them cannot manage, resulting to depression and sometimes commit suicide.
The soldiers still suffer from war phobias and mental abnormalities including hyper-
vigilance, intrusions and numbness. As mental health in the Philippines is not being
prioritized, the researchers found out that there are only few studies conducted about
mental health issues.
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Design
The study is a qualitative research. Phenomenology is the type of qualitative study
used.
According to Polit and Beck (2010), phenomenology strives to seek the essence
of a phenomenon and what it means for the humans who experience it.
According to Polifroni and Welch (1999), the approach aimed to direct the
understanding of a phenomenon which was consciously experienced by the people
themselves.
There are two approaches in phenomenology; Descriptive by Husserl and
Interpretative-Hermeneutic by Heidegger. Husserlian phenomenology is the process of
bracketing that allows the researchers to put assumptions aside to avoid prejudice to the
result of the phenomena. It also describes the person’s behavior.
The researchers used descriptive phenomenology, in line with that, Colaizzi’s
approach has been applied. These seven step approach for data analysis has made the
researchers came up with the results and findings of the study. According to Colaizzi
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(1978), phenomenology is a research method designed to explore and understand people
every day lived experiences. In this approach, exhaustive descriptions of the quality of
life of the Filipino soldiers with combat related trauma after the battle of Marawi was made
visible. Emergent and clustered themes were also identified, making Colaizzi’s approach
effective in phenomenological studies.
Research Locale
The study was conducted in a military camp in Quezon Province. The data
gathering procedure was done inside the vicinity of the camp. In a well-ventilated visitor’s
longue, the interview proper was conducted. The researchers were grouped into three
and by pairs, every pair conversed with each participant in different corners of the room.
Instrumentation
The instruments that were used were audio recording and transcribing to gather
the needed data for the respondent’s profile. For the data gathering tools, the conduct of
the research involved formal qualitative interviewwith semi-constructed questions in
obtaining comprehensive information. The researchers were focused mainly on the
“Quality of Life” as the core in obtaining relevant data for the research topic.
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Sampling Techniques
The researchers used Purposive Sampling which focuses on the individuals who
possessed the criteria needed. The inclusion criteria are male or female military personnel
for at least three years in service, 23-55 years old. Had encountered wars or any traumatic
events particularly Marawi Crisis. Had gone through stress debriefing after the end of the
deployment from Marawi. The participants were selected as they have the first hand
experiences with regards to the study. Minimum of ten and a maximum of fifteen
participants were needed to represent the population of the inquiry.
Data Gathering
During the time that the researchers were finding and trying to enter a site, the
researchers went to different military camps before proceeding to the data gathering or
interview proper. Several number of referrals were done before the researchers finally
came up with the informants from the military camp in Quezon Province. Informed
consent was given each to the respondents, approved by the research adviser and the
dean of the College of Nursing. When the researchers were permitted to do the data
gathering, interviews were scheduled.
For the intentions of the research, in depth interviews were conducted. In depth
interviews are personal and semi-structured interviews, which aim was to identify the
quality of their lives including participant's emotions, feelings and opinions regarding the
research subject. The main advantage of personal interviews was that they include
personal and direct contact between interviewers and interviewees.
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CHAPTER IV
PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS
Participant’s Description
PARTICIPANT’S GENDER CIVIL YEARS OF MILITARY/
ALIAS STATUS SERVICE ENLISTMENT
Orik4891 M Married 8 Army
Cardo0417 M Single 6 Army
Janrex3089 M Married 7 Army
Ballpen0526 M Married 8 Army
Terose1921 F Married 5 Army
Damit2810 F Single 5 Army
Sipol 1456 M Married 7 Army
Angel1234 F Single 5 Army
JP1519 M Married 8 Army
RJ8858 M Single 8 Army
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PARTICIPANT’S TRAUMATIC PSYCHIATRIC VACATION LEAVE
ALIAS EVENT EVALUATION AFTER AFTER MARAWI
ENCOUNTERED MARAWI
Orik4891 Marawi Siege Stress debriefing 
Cardo0417 Marawi Siege Stress debriefing 
Janrex3089 Marawi Siege Stress debriefing 
Ballpen0526 Marawi Siege Stress Debriefing 
Terose1921 Marawi Siege Stress debriefing 
Damit2810 Marawi Siege Stress debriefing 
Sipol 1456 Marawi Siege Stress debriefing 
Angel1234 Marawi Siege Stress debriefing 
JP1519 Marawi Siege Stress debriefing 
RJ8858 Marawi Siege Stress debriefing 
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Discovering the Essence
The researchers realized the essence having a strong support system and
effective coping strategies of the Filipino soldiers with Combat Stress Reaction. The
participants showed common symptoms of Combat Stress Reaction. Even the clinical
manifestations are common and seems to be simple, it doesn’t mean that immediate
interventions weren’t needed.
The stories that had been shared to the researchers, helped them to discover the
quality of life of Filipino soldiers with Combat related Trauma after the battle of Marawi.
Transcripts
Bracketing was done before transcribing. The general sense of bracketing is to
avoid being bias about the findings. The interview proper was documented via audio
recording. The audio recording was transcribed. Transcripts were formed into written
documentation of the interview. The transcripts were studied for several times for
comprehension about the content.
Extracting Significant Statements
After re-reading the transcripts, significant statements were found. The
researchers extracted the significant statements from the transcripts and these were
written on the separate sheet paper. The researchers extracted 47 significant statements
in 10 transcripts.
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Formulating Meanings
The researchers formulated meanings in 47 significant statements. The
researchers analysed each significant statements and these are sorted into categories.
Each category was considered as an exhaustive description.
Cluster findings
As the formulated meanings were grouped into categories, these will be grouped
as well to form cluster themes. The researchers found 11 cluster themes. Each cluster
theme includes the significant statements extracted from the 10 transcripts. The
researchers also gave brief interpretation for each cluster themes.
Emerging Themes
Four emergent themes were found in 11 cluster themes about the quality of life of
Filipino soldiers after Marawi Crisis. From this Meta-theme:
Four emergent themes that arose were 1.) Changes in Relationships 2.) Effects of
Traumatic Experiences 3.) Coping Strategies 4.) Positive Changes after Marawi Crisis.
First emergent theme found was Changes in Relationships with three cluster
themes: Establishment of more Intimate Relationship with God, Closer Family Ties and
Stronger Bond with Troops. The second emergent theme identified was Effects of
Traumatic Experiences with three cluster themes: Anger Issues Developed, Hyper-
alertness, and Feeling emotional once heard about Marawi. The third emergent theme
that the researchers came up with, was Coping Strategies with three cluster themes:
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Positive Outlook in Life, Diversional Activities, Stress Debriefing and Training. Lastly, the
fourth emergent theme was Positive Changes After the Marawi Crisis, with two cluster
themes: Sense of Patriotism and Better Work Performance after Marawi.
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Changes in Relationship
According to Maslows Hierarchy of Needs, “the sense of love and belongingness
is a need.” Needs are essential to be met in order to be holistically healthy. Without a
sound mental health there was no health at all. The good support system from family and
friends and cultivated faith with God, study participants have obtained the third stage of
the hierarchy and one of the psychological needs.
Effects of Traumatic Experience
According to Carrie Kennedy PHD, “these responses often show up as hyper
startle (that exaggerated response when something surprises you — often a loud
noise), hypervigilance (being always on guard or super-alert), bad dreams/nightmares,
irritability, sleep problems, etc.” Kennedy stated the common symptoms of combat
stress reaction. ln this research, the participants have manifested those common
symptoms such as hyper alertness, feeling emotional and anger issues in particular.
These manifestations seem to affect the social well-being of the participants at the first
few weeks of acquiring the combat stress. Even the signs are common it didn’t mean
that they are too simple to be ignored.
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Coping strategies
According to the HelpGuide.Org, “There is no “right” or “wrong” way to respond.”
Coping mechanisms varies from person to person as each of us is unique. In this study,
the participants cope the symptoms of combat stress reaction by having a positive outlook
in life, having diversional activities to keep themselves busy and they went straight to
training proper or underwent stress debriefing.
Positive changes of Marawi Crisis
According to Carrie Kennedy PHD, “some of these reactions are actually
considered adaptive, notably hyperstartle and hypervigilance, as well as other benefits
of combat stress, including increased physical strength, better endurance and
enhanced feelings of competency (not all combat stress is bad).” In this study, the
symptoms that the participants had manifested had affected their lives particularly in
social aspect during the first few weeks. The symptoms at first seem to be negative
but as the time that the participants learned to adapt from it, good effect shall arose.
These effects are having a better work performance and have develop a cultivated
sense of patriotism.
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Emergent Theme #1 – Changes in Relationships
Cluster Themes and Supporting Statements
Establishment of more intimate relationship with God
Cardo 0417: Mas napalapit pa po kami sa Kanya.
Jan Rex 3089: Mas napalapit ako sa kanya, kinakausap ko siya pag sa gabi hihingi ako ng
blessing para sa bukas at pasasalamat.
Damit 2810: Mas naging malapit ako kay God kasi noong nandoon ako, akala ko hindi na din
ako makakauwi. Kaya ngayon nagpapasalamat ako na nakauwi ako.
Sipol 1456: Naging mas madasalin ako. Kasi wala ka naming ibang makakapitan kundi ang
Diyos lang.
Angel 1234: Mas lumaki yung pananampalataya ko sa Panginoon at dasal lang ako ng
dasal.
JP 1519: Oo naman naging panata ako kay Lord, everytime na matutulog at pagkagising
dapat magdasal. Kasi dasal lang talaga ang number one na makakatulong eh. Hindi ko talaga
winawala sa loob ko ang magdasal kasi Siya lang ang gagabay lalo na sa sitwasyon ko dito.
During their hardest times, all of the participants did the only thing that could help
them, and that is to ask for God’s protection. Their faith increased because calling God
for help was their only source of strength and hope during the war.
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According to Victoria MCGee of HuffPost, “So how do we begin to rebuild our faith
after trauma? Another way to restore your faith is to simply ask. Ask God to restore your
faith. We can do nothing apart from God. We can’t restore our own faith by ourselves.”
The participants have established more intimate relationship with God after the Marawi
Siege as the frequency of prayer and worship time have increased. Dependency with God
has made them to overcome the symptoms of combat stress as being in the presence of
God is their refuge.
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Closer Family Ties
Cardo 0417: Oo may nagbago, mas lalong naging dikit kami ng magulang ko.
Jan Rex 3089: Siguro mas marami na akong time sa asawa ko ngayon, dati parang ang
hirap habulin eh, ngayon medjo nakakapasyal pasyal na rin sya dahil dito na ako sa batalyon
kasi pag nasa batalyon ka na establish na yong pwesto, nadadalaw dalaw na din niya ako,
dati kasi nasa companya ako mobile kami, kaya d ako halos makakauwi at makakadalaw.
Lalo silang napalapit sa akin, siguro naiisip nila baka kung ano ano nalang naiisip ko. Para
narereplenish yung pag-aagam agam ko.
Terose 1921: Sa pamilya naman, talagang sinulit ko yung oras ko na kasama ko yung baby
ko.
The participants were able to cope well because of the helpe of their families. Just
the thought that they make it alive has made their loved ones grateful. The table showed
how their families made a big impact in their fast recovery from the war.
According to SheKnows Health and Wellness Expert, “People with PTSD or
trauma can create and maintain successful intimate relationships by including
playfulness, spontaneity, relaxation, and mutual enjoyment in the relationship.” The
Marawi Siege was considered as one of the worst battle encounter that the participants
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have been through and they were able to survive the bloodless wounds that the Marawi
Siege has left in their minds because of the presence of their family. Being with their
loved ones alone has brought relief to their stressed minds. With their family they can
be themselves, they can be playful and spontaneous. They have found their rest to the
people treasured the most. The feeling of being love has made them to manage the
symptoms of combat stress well.
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Stronger Bond with Troops
Orik 4891: Syempre masaya palagi ang tropa eh, konting kwentuhan syempre kung may
problem ka naisshare mo din.pag magkakasama kayo. Ang isang tropa, para kayong
magkakapatid nyan. Kapag wala ka, Kapag may kakulangan ka, pahihiramin ka, bibigyan ka.
Sasamahan ka sa pagiging buhay sundalo, Kasi araw araw kayong magkakasama.
Hindi naman parati. Kasi nanjan yung tropa, di ako nagiisa. May dumadamay sayo.
Madaming tuumtutulong sayo madaming kumukulit sayo.
Cardo 0417: Mas lalong naging dikit kami ng mga kasamahan ko kasi mas tumibay yung
camaraderie namin. Nakuha naming yung loob ng isat’ isa. Mas lalong tumatag at naging
masaya.
Jan Rex 3089: Yong mga tropa din na laging masaya parang nakakahawa na din
Terose 1921 : Presence of each other. Kasi sa tulong din nung mga kasama ko na
kinocomfort namin ang isa’t isa. Tatlo kasi kaming babae noon tapos Malaking tulong yun
kasi yung may kasama ka.
Sipol 1456: Natutunan kong pahalagahan yung mga kasama ko sa trabaho.
RJ 8858: Okay naman kami ng tropa mas lalong nagkaroon ng team work dahil syempre
nandoon na sa gyera na eh.
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After the Battle of Marawi, the participants said that they developed a stronger
bond among their troops, they became more familiar with each other, and they considered
their comrades as if they were related by blood. One of the participants said that their
sense of camaraderie was cultivated as well.
According to Readers Digest, “some studies show that people with close friends
have a greater ability to fight disease than people who are solitary.” The sense of
brotherhood among the participants grew and developed after the Marawi Crisis. The
participants consider their troops as their great pals as they knew that being with the
person who have the same situation as theirs was the one who will certainly understand
what they are going through. The sense of belongingness with their comrades was a big
aid to help them manage the symptoms of combat stress.
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Emergent #2 – Effects of Traumatic Experience
Anger Issues Developed
Orik4891: parang ganun pa din pero sabi ng asawa ko naging mainitin daw ang ulo ko.
RJ 8858: sabi ng girlfriend ko na napansin niya na naging mainitin ang ulo ko pero sabi ko
normal lang yun sabi din saakin ng Psychologist sa akin yun dahil sa pagod.
The participants uttered that they became hot- tempered after their deployment
from Marawi. The anger issues that they seemed to develop were noticed by their
significant others.
According to Association of Behavioral and Cognitive therapies, “Survivors also
report irritability, anger, and feelings of being numb inside”. They are expected to be
irritable they have Combat stress reaction. Anger issues is one of the common symptoms
of combat stress reaction, with proper response and coping strategies, the participants
will surely overcome this. The participants’ strong support system is crucial during the
episodes of occurrence of this symptom.
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Hyper-alertness
Orik 4891: Napansin ko lang yung pagkabalik namin galing marawi, kapag may pumutok
kaagad, alerto kaagad parati. Kahit naglalakad lang, kaunting kaluskos lang,
pinapakiramdaman ko. Pag nakakita ako nang sibilyan parang may pagdududa agad pero
nalalabanan ko naman. Parang di naman ako nag-aalanganin na baka bumalik yun pero
nandun pa din yung alertness ko.
Cardo 0417: Mas gumanda ngayon kasi syempre naging alerto na ko. Kasi laging relax lang
kasi samin dito lagi namin sinasabi Wala naman klaban ditto pero simula nung galling kami
dun, naging alerto na ko, meron pala talagang kalaban.
Halimbawa may narinig akong nalalaglag na bagay sa paligid, nagugulat ako. Minsan iniisip
ko agad baka kalaban na yan.
Jan Rex 3089: Ayon lang medyo tamang hinala, tingin tingin ka lang baka kasi lapitan ka
pero dati normal ko naman yan ginagawa noon pa. Sa mga putok, medyo may gulat pa rin
papakiramdaman ko pa rin kung may maririnig akong putok kahit kwitis lang. May fiesta kaya
doon, Iniisip ko kaagad, parang gusto ko hanapin agad kung saan nanggagaling yong putok.
Kahit may bumabagsak lang dyan na kung ano ano ay nagugulat na ako.
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JP 1519: Noong unang araw ko dito akala ko andoon pa din ako kasi may tendency o pag
nakakadinig kami ng eroplano na malapit lang ang tunog akala namin eh merong mga
kalaban, malaking impact padin siya na akala mo andun ka pa pero nandito na pala kami.Si
Captain tinamaan siya sa braso so naging lesson din saamin iyon na dapat maging alerto at
maingat kami at full cover dapat talaga.
RJ8858: Dapat maging alerto ka lagi, Sumunod ka lang lagi sa pinaguutos dahil para rin
naman sa amin iyon. Laging ingatan ang sarili.
Many soldiers struggled to adjust to civilian life after returning from war. Majority
of the participants stated that they became more alert and sensitive with their
surroundings after the trauma that they experienced. The participants gave examples of
things that can startle or alarm them. Some of the participants also stated that they are
skeptical at first in socializing with civilians.
According to Association of Behavioral and Cognitive therapies, “the most
common problems survivors exhibit are intrusive memories, nightmares, sleep difficulties,
heightened anxiety and vigilance, excessive startle (for example, jumping at the sound of
a car backfiring.” Hyper alertness is one of the common symptoms of Combat Related
Trauma as well. Hyper alertness is about being highly alert to a potential trigger and being
constantly on guard. At the first few weeks, the participant’s communication with civilians
are slightly strained as they became suspicious to the people around them.
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Feeling emotional upon hearing about Marawi
Orik4891: nung bago pa lang, pag namumuni muni ako, naaalala ko Sa akin kasi yung mga
nangyare dun, hindi madaling makalimutan kumbaga may mga maalala ka pa din.
Ballpen 0526: Oo meron. May dalawa akong kasamang namatay doon. Minsan naaalala ko
sila kapag nakikita sa mga picture na kasama sila, ayun, naaalala ko.
Terose 1921: Naalala. Lalo na kapag naririnig mo yung sa balita. Pagbalik ko dito tapos
Nakita ko sila sa TV, naluluha ako, sabi ko di na ako babalik sa Marawi. Naaalala ko din yung
mga tropa doon na naiwan kasi nauna ako umuwi.
Kaya lang kasi kapag naririnig ko talaga yung balita, hindi na mawala sa isip ko iyan. Pero
ayoko kasi na ipakitang naluluha ako. Nakakahiya kasi.
Sad emotions were shown during the interview. The participants stated that
whenever they saw the news regarding Marawi or a picture of a deceased comrade, they
became emotional. The participants stated that the trauma they experienced was indeed
difficult to forget.
According to Jordan Cray, “sadness flow through our bodies when we experience
some form of loss in our lives.Allowing yourself to fully experience sadness will only make
you a stronger and mre resilent person.” The sudy paticipants felt emotional during the
episode of intrusive memories about Marawi Crisis. Ass they remember the loss that they
have at the battle field. Emotions do change instantly and they need to be felt. The
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partcipants need to felt this way at first in order to release the tension and stress that
cause by the loss.
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Emergent Theme #3- Coping Strategies
Positive Outlook In Life
Orik 4891: Di ko naranasan yung maisip na pagod na kami at na gutom kami. Basta
hindi namin nararanasan yung ganun. Di namin naranasan yung magisip ka ng
negatibo, na pagod ako, na ayaw ko na. basta positibo lang kami.
Cardo 0417: Hindi ko na iniisip yun kasi kung iisipin mo ng iisipin yan parang ikaw
din yung mahihirapan, ienjoy nalang yung mga araw na nagdadaan kasi kung lagi
mong iisipin yung mga nangyari doon laging nandyan lang sa isip mo.
Jan Rex 3089: Wala naman di ako nag isip ng ganyan, mas lalo ko pa nilakasan
paniniwala ko sa kanya(Lord).
Terose 1921:Kapag meron na nawawalan na ng pag asa, ikaw sa sarili mo lalakasan mo na
lang yung loob mo. Kahit ikaw mismo nanghihina na din.
The participants said that they were more determined when it comes to their duties
and responsibilities. The participants also said that even in difficult situations, they didn’t
think about giving up, instead, they think positive, became stronger and had faith in God.
The participants tried their best to forget the past and look forward for the future.
According to Royal College of Psychiatrist, “people react differently and take
different amounts of time to come to terms with what has happened. Even so, you may
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be surprised by the strength of your feelings. You may feel hopeful that your life will return
to normal. People can start to feel more positive about things quite soon after a trauma.”
Obtaining positive outlook in life was one of the coping strategies that the participants
have found effective during the episodes of symptoms occurrence. The researchers
believe that the participants have already overcame the combat stress per se as they
learned to cope up well. Having a positive mindset despite of the worst that they had been
through, the researchers came to realized that the Filipino soldiers are not just armed with
strong physical strength but resilient mind as well, holistically tough indeed.
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Diversional Activities
Orik 4891: Kapag naiistress ako, ginagawa is sounds lang, tugtugan tapos manood ka ng tv
tapos tumawag sa pamilya, mangamusta ka, makipagsalamuha ka sa tropa tutal hindi ko na
iniisip din masyado.
Cardo0417: Ayon lumalabas kami manunuod ng sine nagsisimba at makikipag kwentuhan
sa mga barkada at may kasamang tagay ng alak.
Jan Rex 3089: Naglilibang libang lang kami labas labas po kami magbonding bonding din
kaming mga tropa pag nandito kami sa trabaho, pag sa pamilya naman talagang foodtrip lagi
kami ng asawa ko lagi kaming nasa kainan,habang kumakain kwento kwento kami sa mga
nangyayari sa akin dito kinukwento ko sa kanya.
Ballpen 0526: Gumagawa na lang ako ng mga bagay. Para hindi ko masyadong maisip.
Terose 1921 : Dapat mayroon ka parating kausap. Ayung nagtatawanan pa din. Yung kapag
masama na loob mo kailangan mo ilabas.
The participants have different diversional activities done in order for them to
distract their thoughts about the traumatic encounter in Marawi Crisis. They expressed
their feelings and emotions to their comrades and family. They distracted themselves by
keeping themselves busy. Some of them spent time with their families.
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According to Help Guide Org, “Repetitious thinking or viewing horrific images
over and over can overwhelm your nervous system, making it harder to think clearly. Do
things that keep your mind occupied (read, watch a movie, cook, play with your kids), so
you’re not dedicating all your energy and attention to the traumatic event.” The
participants in the study, did several diversional activities to keep the intrusive memories
of Marawi Siege out of their mind. Some of them spent time with their families, others
went converse with their comrades and troops and etc. One of the participant admitted
that the trauma encounter itself was too painful to recall and few of them said that it was
difficult to forget either. Constantly thoughts about the trauma will never make the
participants better because the moment they think over about it other negative thoughts
and feelings will be cultivated such as anger, shame, guilt and etc. These negative
strong emotion will just triggered the PTSD out of combat stress.
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Stress Debriefing and Training
Cardo 0417: Pagbalik namin dito maganda kasi nagtraining ulit kami. Pagdating naming
maganda kasi nagkaron kaming kaibigan.kasi pagpunta namin sa Marawi wala kaming
kaibigan.
JP 1519: Sa stress debriefing or stress management malaki din ang naging epekto o tulong
nito sa naging experience nmin sa gera dahil dito nailalabas mo yung stress at ito ang way
din na yung makarecover ka, at mawala ang daladala mo na hirap sa mga nangyari.
RJ 8858: Dito ma’am kasi pagbalik namin dito na- tratraining kami ulit dun nalang ako
nagfocus.
Stress debriefing and training are the common strategies used to let the
participants cope from the trauma encounters that they experienced during battle of
Marawi.
The stress debriefing was led by the psychologist from AFP Health Service
command. It lasted for 4 days and it consists team building and psychiatric evaluation.
Some of the participants went straight to training after their deployment from
Marawi. One of the participants said that one of his coping mechanisms was to train in
order for him to regain his focus.
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According to Help Guide Org, “There is comfort in the familiar. After a disaster,
getting back—as much as possible—to your normal routine, will help you minimize
traumatic stress, anxiety, and hopelessness.” After deployment from Marawi, the
participants underwent stress debriefing for days then went straight to 1 month vacation
leave. Being with their family was a relief for them, being with their parents, wives and
children. Surrounded by familiar people, places and routines have made them
comfortable and break free from tension. After the 1 month leave they went back to
training ground and assigned work places. Treating everything that they just bound to
happen and the participant have had to move on became an aid to decrease the episodes
of symptoms of combat stress.
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Emergent Theme #4 – Positive Changes After Marawi Crisis
Sense of Patriotism
Orik 4891: Sa ngayon masaya kasi malaya na yung bansa natin wala ng sumasakop
maliban sa ibang grupo kumbaga masaya ako na naipagtanggol natin yung ating
Mindanao sa giyera tapos nakikita ko na yung mga kababayan natin dun na nakabalik
na dun sa kanilang barangay, sa kanilang mga bahay kaya masaya din ako na nanalo
tayo. Mahirap maging isang sundalo, pero masaya na nakakatulong, at least
mayroong naambag sa Pilipinas na kapayapaan. Mahirap yung giyera pero napalitan
naman ng kasayahan, kahit papano maipagmamalaki mo din na naging parte ka sa
giyera.
Cardo 0417 : Tumaas po at naging proud ako sa sarili ko kasi naging parte ako doon
at history kasi yon eh dito sa pilipinas at kahit papano may naiiambag ako doon eh
para maging Malaya ang isang lugar sa Pilipinas.
Jan Rex 3089: Parang mas lalo po naming nagustuhan ,na ano rin kami yong pakiramdam
namin yong todo supporta yong mga tao sa amin mas lalo kami nabubuhayan ng loob at
tumatapang kami, kumbaga pinapakita nila sa amin lalo sa goberno at mga tao na
nakasupporta lang sila sa amin d nila kami pinabayaan.
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Walang nagbago mas naging proud talaga sila sa akin grabe yong papuri nila sa akin, kaya
natutuwa ako kasi sa sakripesyo na ginawa namin na appreciate ng mga tao at kaibigan at
nakakagaan ng loob at masaya .
Damit 2810: Oo, syempre kapwa mo Pilipino yun nakaka high morale pa.
JP1519: Para sa akin kasi, iniisip ko sa sibilyan serve and protect so prinoprotektahan namin
ang sibilyan.Iyon ang istratehiya namin.
In this table, the participants said that they were proud to belong with the squad
who fought for Marawi City just to be freed from the ISIS. The participants said that
they’re overwhelmed with the thought that they were able to contribute using their skills
and knowledge.
According to article from American Military Service, ““love my country right or
wrong”– a sentiment that is superficially understandable but disastrous in action. We
should applaud those who stand up against injustice or policy errors, especially those
who do so at cost to themselves.” Being able to do your part as a good citizen of our
nation was an overwhelming experience already how much more if you are one of the
reason why our nation has still have its amity? The participants were elated about doing
their part to restore our country’s peace and order. They considered their participation in
Marawi encounter as a rewarding experience the moment they set the Marawi City free
from the danger. Boosted self-esteem has help them to cope well, as knowing that your
sacrifices and hardships during and after the Marawi Crisis were all worth i
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Better work performance after Marawi
Orik 4891: Sa trabaho, nagagawa mo na yung nung hindi mo nagagawa sa giyera
Jan Rex3089: Siguro dati ang tamad tamad ko ngayon ang sipag sipag ko na .
Angel 1234: Natutunan kong mas pag igihan pa at mas magsikap sa trabaho kasi ito ang
panata ko.
In this table, it shows that after Marawi crisis, the soldiers improved their skills and
performance in their duty. The participants also said that they learned a lot from their
experience after all their sacrifices in Marawi crisis. As they have boosted self confidence,
they cant help but felt the spirit of patriotism after the Battle of Marawi. Cultivated self
confidence was the root of better work performance among the participants. The
moment that they conquered the Marawi Siege which was considered as one of their
worst warfare so far they felt that they can surmount everything beyond them. The self-
esteem was aid as well for their better coping.
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CHAPTER V
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Interpretation of Findings
Changes in Relationship
The participants have gone through several relationship changes after their
deployment from Marawi Crisis particularly with their families, troops and God.
They stated that they were able to establish a more intimate relationship with God,
since the presence of the Lord was their only source of hope during the war. Some of
them said that they were grateful that they went home safe and sound and only God was
the one who could have made it possible for them to get out alive from the Marawi siege.
All of the participants are Catholic of faith. Several of them said that their prayer life
became more fruitful and the frequency of it has increased. They were given at least one
month vacation leave during that time and all of hem spent time with their families. They
verbalized that their relationship with their loved ones became closer. The bond with their
troops became stronger than before as familiarity and sense of brotherhood within them
were cultivated. Positive relationships changes were developed after their deployment
from Marawi City. The effects caused by the Marawi siege were considered to be the
“good” outcomes to the participants’ social well-being.
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Effects of Traumatic Experience
Anger issues, hyper-alertness and feeling emotional once they hear about Marawi
were the negative effects of deployment from Marawi Crisis that was observed with the
participants during the first few months after the end of their deployment to Marawi. These
changes were usually noticed first by the people around them. The sense of hyper
vigilance among them seems to be exaggerated and they became somewhat doubtful
when conversing with civilians. One of the participants said that the experience that they
have encountered in the battlefield was something that was really unforgettable and
several of them admitted that they felt emotional every time they remembered the
incident. These were the shade effects of Marawi Crisis among Filipino soldiers. The
soldiers were seemed to be used to traumatic experiences since it was part of their job
profile. These three changes fell under the clinical manifestations of combat-related
trauma. The participants underwent four-day psychiatric evaluation which was led by
psychologists from AFP Health Service Command after their deployment, and they were
also given a one month vacation leave.
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Coping Strategies
Several coping strategies were developed as the participants tried to distract
themselves whenever the traumatic experience starts to play in their minds. Positive
outlook in life, diversional activities, stress debriefing and training were their ways to keep
themselves busy and to divert their attention to productive things. These coping
mechanisms were their ways of making those memories to be out of their system because
recalling those traumatic experiences will just make them feel weak. These participants
proved that trauma can be managed by ones’ own state of mind and way of thinking.
Filipino soldiers are not just physically strong but psychologically resilient as well.
Positive Changes After Marawi Crisis
Another set of acceptable effects from Marawi Crisis among Filipino soldiers
particularly to the participants of the study were more cultivated sense of patriotism and
having better work performance. The spirit of nationalism was emphasized during the
combat event. Doing something for the good of your countrymen was indeed a rewarding
experience. Self-esteems were boost and led to better work performance. The
participants stated that they became more dedicated to their work after the battle of
Marawi.
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Implications
There are factors that contribute to the quality of life of Filipino soldiers and their
response to such situations. From the findings of the study, the following implications
could be drawn.
 The participants displayed different aspects of qualities in life and that
involves relationships, spiritual and emotional factors, coping strategies,
effects of experiences and outlook in life.
 The relationships of the participants with God, family, and troops became
stronger and closer. Majority of the participants in this research study stated
that God is the source of their strength during the combat event.
 Regardless of the circumstances, the participants tried to get the negative
thoughts out of their mind and aimed to look forward for the better future.
 Changes in the personality of the participants after the trauma were
observed by the people around them. Having these changes somewhat
affected the way they socialize with other people.
 The participants were pleased that they were able to provide service to the
country against the terrorists. They said that the battle was tough but they
were glad that they became a part of it.
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Recommendation
For Study Participants:
The researchers know that denial is part of coping but still knowledge is power.
Being familiar with your own condition is essential. Accept that you need help. But in
order to help you out, you need to ask for it.
Combat related trauma is a precursor of PTSD if its symptoms persists and
become severe, PTSD will surely occur. If these symptoms are suppressed and avoided,
you will never ever know how to conquer it or worst just even deal with it. Mental Health
Law has already been established in the Philippines, stigma of having any mental health
issue will surely subside since the Filipino are starting embrace mental health awareness.
There’s nothing to be afraid of. Healing begins with acceptance.
For Family of the Study Participants:
Be supportive and be patient with them. The illness itself is just a part of them but
it’s not their identity. Your presence is crucial. Being just with them will make them feel
better.
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For Healthcare Provider:
After deployment, the researchers recommended that stress debriefing should
become a part of the routine evaluation for the soldiers before they are going to deploy to
a particular unfamiliar provinces. Stress debriefing should become a part of the routine
evaluation for soldiers before they are to be deployed in the particular unfamiliar locale.
The researchers believed that the stress debfriefing was provided after the deployment
from Marawi City however, the researchers recommend the assessment of menal status
should be done prior to any deployment. Further, this intervention will surely help in
decreasing the incidence of combat stress among Filipno soldiers.
Combat related trauma is a response and it can be triggered even without
traumatic experience and most of the soldiers have multiple deployments, the
deployments itself is a significant factor for the development of combat- related PTSD.
Future Researchers:
Be aware of the difference between Combat Related Trauma and Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder. Make a study related to this research as this research focuses on quality
of life of Filipino soldiers after they had combat related trauma; you can make a research
out of their lived experiences during the combat.
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Summary
In every war that the soldiers encounter, there are negative changes that occur
physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Most of the participants were traumatized
by their experience. They were not able to eat and sleep well and developed anger issues
and hyper-alertness. Every time they were having intrusive memories about the Marawi
battle, they can’t help but feel emotional. This was the time wherein their coping
mechanisms are very important. In order to help the participants, the AFP Health Service
Command psychologists conducted stress debriefing program for the soldiers who
returned from Marawi. According to the participants, it was a big help because they were
able to express their feelings and thoughts through group discussions. In addition, the
participants diverted their attention by focusing more on their families which then turned
out to be most the effective way for them to be able to cope well.
Despite of all the negative influences of the Marawi battle, the participants were
able to establish more intimate relationship with God, encompassed patriotism, built a
stronger bond with their troops, obtained closer family ties, improved their performances
at work ,and developed a positive outlook in life.
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Simulacrum
This figure shows that thematic framework of study; “The Quality of life of Filipino
Soldiers with Combat- Related Trauma after the Battle of Marawi”. These figures
symbolize our concept about the study. The center figure represents success after the
battle of Marawi incident. It also signifies the camaraderie, friendship and teamwork that
were built. The soldier on the left side of the figure signifies the lifelong scar and the
negative effects of their traumatic experience such as anger issues, feeling emotional,
stress and intrusive memories. The figure on the top denotes that the Lord Almighty was
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their only source of hope during the dark times and that it is God whom they always look
up into in every challenges that they encountered. It also shows that the soldiers are so
thankful that God let them survived the war. The figure on the right symbolizes
happiness, because they were able to come back alive and spend more time with their
loved ones.
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APPENDICES
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Appendix A
TRANSCRIPTIONS
Participant 1
Date: August 3,2018
Time: 10:30-11:00am
Introduction- consent
R:Sir, kamusta po kalagayan ninyo ngayon?
P:Ok naman, ok yung kalusugan ko, ok yung damdamin ko, ok yung pagiisip ko.
R: Sir how is your life now?
P: I’m good, I’m physically and mentally healthy.
R: Paano nyo po nasabing ok yung pagiisip ninyo?
P:Kasi nung mga panahong nandun ako sa marawi, mas nagagampanan ko yung
pagiging isang squad leader, pag nandun kami nagagampanan ko pagiging squad
leader ko, nagcocommand. Naevacuate at nahihila ko yung mga sugatan.
R: How can you say that you are mentally stable?
P: Because on the time that we are in Marawi, I was doing more as squad leader like
giving command and helping those wounded.
R:eh paano po ninyo nasabing ok yung damdamin ninyo?
P:kasi dati hirap akong mag-open up. sa ngayon, matagal nang nangyare, ilang buwan
nang natapos kaya parang normal na naman po.
R: And how can you say that you are your heart is fine?
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P: Because before I can’t able to open-up my emtions, bu now since its already
happened several moths ago I feel like normal again.
R:Parang nagbalik po kayo sa normal?
P:hindi katulad. Ng nagdaang engkwentro…..
R: You mean that it’s like going back to normal again?
P: Not like that past encountered.
R:yong sa mga pagkain nyo po? May mga nagbago po ba yung mga dati at sa ngayon?
P:mga pagkain dun ay talagang limitado, lahat ng kinakain naming ay puro madaliang
pagkain tulad ng sardinas., halos hindi kami makakain ng maayos. Pero ngayon ok na
at kumpleto na ang pagkain namin.
R: In your eating pattern is there any changes?
P: Our food there is limited, all we eat is pure instant food like sardines., we cannot
almost eat it properly. But now it's okay and our food is complete.
R:Paano nyo po nasabing kumpleto na po ang pagkain ninyo?
P:Kasi yung nakakakain kami sa tamang oras, nakakain na naming yung mga pagkain
dati nung nasa marawi kasi kami, kung ano lang ibigay samin, ayun lang talaga
makakain namin.
R: How can you say that your food is complete?
P: Because we were able to eat at the right time, we could have eaten previously
It's just that we're in the middle of nowhere, just what we're supposed to do, we just can
eat it.
R: Ano po yung mga pagkain na kadalasan nyong kinakain sa loob sir?
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P: Yung mga easy pack po, mga sardinas, mga relief goods, mga noodles. Yung hindi
ka na kailangan magluto kasi mahirap.kasi madaliang kain lang dapat. Kailangan yung
madalian lagi. Kasi kami ng kabuddy ko, yung kabuddy mo nakikipagbakbakan, ako
kumakain. Salitan lang. tapos di kami makakain sa tamang oras,kasi nakikipag
bakbakan kayo. kumaikain kami kadalasan ala una. Tapos hapunan kumakain na kami
ng mas maaga.
R: What food do you eat often?
P: Mostly we eat those relief goods like sardines and noodles. Those instant foods that
we don’t need to cook for emergency. We don’t eat at the same time, mostly we eat
lunch 1pm and we eat dinner early.
R:BRIEFING
R:diba ho leader kayo? ilan po yung dala na tao ninyo?
P:bali ang dala kong tao ay anim, pang pito ako
R: Sir your one of the leader right?how many group members do you have?
P: I have six members in our group, we are seven including me.
R:kamusta po yung pagtulog ninyo?
P:sa pagtulog, normal naman tulog ko. Nakakatulog akong 5-6 hours. Hindi naman ako
nananaginip ng tungkol sa gera. Wala naman masyado nagbago sa tulog. Di naman
ako nananaginip, minsan lang pag naaalala sa gabi pag nagmumunimuni.
R: Sir how do you describe your sleep pattern?
P: I consider myself sleep normal, I get 5-6 hours of sleep. I don’t have any dreams
regarding battle, only sometimes when I couldn’t sleep and start thinking.
R:Eh Sir yung mga under sa iyo? Buhay naman po ba sila?
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P: May tama man yan, patay dinadala namin. Dun nga namatayan kami ng 2,
nasugatan kami ng 27, sana maayos na sila.mahirap sya pero totally hindi mo na dapat
isipin na mahirap, lahat naman yan napag aaralan, kung maadapt mo yan, kaya naman.
R: Your comrades in the battle, are they still alive?
P: Some of them got shot, 2 of them were dead and 27 of them are wounded. I hope
their will be okey. It’s hard but I try not to think about it, you can learn everything and
eventually you will get used to it.
R:Yung sa family? May nagbago po ba ng tingin at pakikitungo sa inyo after ng gera?
P:May nagbago din, ayaw na nila ako pagsundaluhin, hindi naman sa ayaw na nila
sakin. Kung pwede lang daw ihinto, kasi nadala na sila eh, kaya mahal talaga nila ko.
Pero ngayon ok naman, nagdaan lang talaga yung sa buhay ng sundalo na minsan
maganda yung buhay mo, minsan mahirap. Nung nandun ako sa marawi, Minsan di ko
nasasagot yung tawag nila, di ko sila natetext. Kasi ano mas uunahin ko yung bala o
yung kalaban namin? O yung pamilya ko? Syempre yung uunahin ko sarili ko muna.
Mahirap maging isang sundalo, pero Masaya na nakakatulong, atlis mayroong
naambag sa pilipinas na kapayapaan.
R: After the war, is there any changes on how your family treat you?
P: There some changes, they want me to stop in military because they are worried, and
I know they love me. As right now it’s ok, that’s how a life of a soldier is, sometimes it’s
good and sometimes it’s not. When I was in Marawi, a wasn’t able to answer their call
and I was not able to text them. What I am going to prioritize the enemy that is shotting
me or my family. Of course, I’ll prioritize my safety. It’s hard to be a soldier but its good
to serve our country for peace.
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R: Nung after ng gera, may nagbago sa inyo, natatakot sa paligid nyo, may ganun na
nangyare sa inyo?
P:Nung nasa gera naman wala naman akong kinakatakutan. mas lalo pa ngang
lumakas loob ko tuwing nakikita ko yung pamilya ko, mga kasama ko. Kasi kung wala
kang matibay na loob ikaw pa yung maging mahina, magiging mahina din loob ng mga
kasama mo, dapat lakasan mo loob mo, tapang. Nagtitiwala sayo mga tropa mo, tiwala
lang talaga sa Diyos.
R: After the war, is there any changes how you perceived your self?
P: When I was in war I wasn’t afraid afraid, I feel brave specially when I think about my
family and my comrades. You have to be strong and don’t show fear to your comrades
because if you are weak and you show it to your comrades they become weak too. Your
comrades will have trust in you and you have to trust in god too.
R:Pano nyo po nasabing tiwala sa dyos?
P:Nung nandun ako, nagdadasal, sana iligtas, mga pamilya ganun din. Pero ganun pa
din, di pa din nagbago
R: How can you perceived your trust in God?
P: When I was there,I am praying to save my families but nothing is change.
R:Nakakapagsimba pa po ba kayo after nung trauma?
P:Oo, hindi naman ako natatakot sa dami ng tao dun tsaka humihingi ako ng
kapatawaran sa mga kasalanan ko. Kasi unang una, kapag nakakakita kami ng kalaban
doon, lahat ng pinapasuko namin sumusuko, hindi na namin pinapatay.
R: Do you still go to church after what happen?
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P: Yes, I still go to church after what happen, I wasn’t afraid because all of the enemy
that surrendered to us we won’t kill them
R:Sa ngayon po, ano pong nararamdaman ninyo?
P:Sa ngayon masaya kasi Malaya na yung bansa natin wala ng sumasakop maliban sa
ibang grupo kumbaga masaya ako na naipagtanggol natin yung ating Mindanao sa gera
tapos nakikita ko na yung mga kababayan natin dun na nakabalik na dun sa kanilang
barangay, sa kanilang mga bahay kaya masya din ako na nanalo tayo.
Kasayahan ko din na nakikita ko na pamilya ko sa araw araw tas nakabalik na din ako
dito, kasama ko yung tropa ko. Bali ayun lang kasayahan na nararamdaman ko,
masaya ako sa tropa ko, sa pamilya. Parang normal na din na buhay sundalo na wala
sa gera. Wala ka nang iniisip kundi tuloy tuloy na tayo sa nararating at makapagretire
din kasi dun lang umiikot buhay namin eh, sa pamilya, buhay sundalo, sa tropa. Pero
ingat pa din pag lumalabas
R: For now what are you feeling?
P: For now I’m happy because our nation is free from terrorist except to those other
group. I mean I’m happy that we defended Mindanao in the war and I saw of our
fellowmen that they were able to come back to their barangay, to their own house that’s
why I’m happy because we win . And its also my happiness that I see my family
everyday when we back here with my comrades. Its like a normal soldier out of the
battle. Nothing to worries but thinking of continuing in the service until I retired because
that’s our life as a soldier. But we have to take care especially when we are outside.
R: Pano mo pong nasabing masaya kayo sa tropa nyo?
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P:Syempre masaya palagi ang tropa eh, konting kwentuhan syempre kng may problem
aka naisshare mo din.pag magkakasama kayo, ang isang tropa, para kayong
magkakapatid nyan. Pag wala ka, pag may kakulangan ka, pahihiramion ka, bibigyan
ka, parang kapatid na din. Sasamaha ka sa pagiging buhay sundalo, Kasi araw araw
kayong magkakasama. sa 100%, 10%lang ang pamilya, 90% sa serbisyo.
R: how you can say that you are happy with your comrades?
P: of course we are always happy, sharing with them when we have problems because
we are like brothers. If you need something they are just their for you like your own
brother. They will be with you as a soldier. Coz everyday we are together. In a 100%,
90% of our life is in service and 10% is for our family.
R:Parang sa paghihirap mo parang may naibalik na tulong na nakakagaan sa loob?
P-Mahirap yung gera pero napalitan naman ng kasayahan, kahit papano
maipagmamalaki mo din na naging parte ka sa gera. Parang world war ng Philippines.
Naipagtanggol natin ang bansa.
R: Do you feel like its overwhelming when you help?
P: Its very difficult in the battle but its all woth it because we are a part of saving our
Nations.
R:Sa araw araw na pakikipag laban, di naman kayo nawalan ng tiwala?
P:Di ko naranasan yung maisip na pagod na kami na gutom kami. Basta hindi namin
nararanasan yung ganun. Basta isecure naming yung mga kasamahan naming
protektahan. Di naming naranasan yung magisip ka ng negatibo na pagod ako, ayaw ko
na. basta positibo lang kami.
R: In the day-to-day fight, did you lose confidence?
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P: I never experienced that feeling we were already tired and hungry. It just does not
seem like that. We only guarantee that our colleagues protect. We do not even know
how to think that I'm tired, I do not want to, we just positively.
R:kapag naiistress o naalala yung mga nangyare? ano pong ginagawa ninyo?
P:Kapag naiistress ako, ginagawa is sounds lang, tugtugan tapos manood ka ng tv
tapos tumawag sa pamilya, mangamusta ka, makipagsalamuha ka sa tropa tutal hindi
ko na iniisip din masyado. Sa akin kasi yung mga nangyare dun, hindi madaling
makalimutan kumbaga may mga maalala ka pa din.
R: When you are stressed or remembered what happened, what are you doing?
P: When I'm stressed, it's just a sound, it's okay to watch a tv after you've called the
family, to greet you, to talk to the troupe I'm not thinking too much. It's because of the
fact that those who live there are not so easy to forget that you still remember them.
R:Ano pong ginagawa ninyo pag naaalala mo yun?
P:Ako pag naaalala ko yun, binubuksan ko yung facebook ko, nandun mga tropa ko.
Naaalala mo din yung mga nasugatan, kakamustahin m kung nakalabas nan g hospital
tapos yung mga namatay tsaka naisip mo na masaya kayong pumunta dun, amsaya
tapos pagbalik nyo kulang na kayo.
R: what are you doing when you remembered it?
P: When I remember that, I opened my facebook, I see my troops. You also remember
those who were injured, asking if how are they now, and I will remembered those who
died that were happy to go there then we back that we lose some of them.
R:Sa pang araw araw nyo po? Ano pong ginagawa nyo sa freetime nyo?
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P:Sa freetime ko, naglilinis ng gamit, naglalaba, naglilinis ng kubo tapos konting mga
napagaralan mo, is parang irecall mo din, ireview mo para di agad malimutan. Wala pa
kasing freetime masyado, puro trabaho pa, minsan sa hapon pag nagkaayaan ang
tropa, pero di madalas nagbabasketball kami
R: In your everyday life, what are you doing during free time?
P: At my freetime, cleaning the laundry, washing, cleaning the cottage, and then the rest
of the things you have studied, it seems like I need to review so that I can’t easily forget.
And sometimes in the afternoon we played basketball.
R:Ano masasabi nyo sa relasyon ninyo ng asaawa at anak mo?
P:Syempre masaya palagi ang tropa eh, konting kwentuhan syempre kng may problem
aka naisshare mo din.pag magkakasama kayo, ang isang tropa, para kayong
magkakapatid nyan. Pag wala ka, pag may kakulangan ka, pahihiramion ka, bibigyan
ka, parang kapatid na din. Sasamaha ka sa pagiging buhay sundalo, Kasi araw araw
kayong magkakasama. sa 100%, 10%lang ang pamilya, 90% sa serbisyo.
R: What will you say about your relationship with your wife and childrens?
P: of course we are always happy, sharing with them when we have problems because
we are like brothers. If you need something they are just their for you like your own
brother. They will be with you as a soldier. Coz everyday we are together. In a 100%,
90% of our life is in service and 10% is for our family.
R: After po ng trauma, naging active pa din po ba kayo sa sex?
P: Bali pagkatapos nung gera, binigyan kami ng isang bwan para makasama yung
pamilya para mawala yung stress samin, kahit papano nakapagbakasyon kami sa
pamilya.
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R: After that traumatic experienced, are you still active in terms of sexual?
P: after the war, we gave a 1 month vacation to be with our family to lose our stress, we
spent our time with our family.
R:paano nyo po nasabing ok pagiisip nyo?
P:Kasi namamanage ko na yung dati kong trabaho na wala ako sa gera dati na hindi pa
ko nagranger, na dati ganto lang ako buhay sundalo. Kumbaga naibalik na din, naging
focus ka na sa ibang aspeto ng buhay. Pakiramdam ko normal na ako.
R: How you will say that you are mentally stable?
P: Because I can able to manage my work like before when I am not yet a ranger, just
like before as a soldier. It is like I can focus again with other aspect in life. I feel normal
again.
R:Pano nyo po nasabing normal?
P:Hindi naman 100% o 90% na normal. May napansin akong ibang nagbago
R: How will you say normal?
P: Not really 100% or 90% normal, something is changed.
R:Ano po yung mga napansin nyong nagbago?
P:Napansin ko lang yung pagkabalik naming galing marawi, kapag may pumutok
kagad, alerto kagad parati.Kahit naglalakad lang, konting kaluskus lang,
pinapakiramdaman ko. pag nakakita ako nang sibilyan parang may pagdududa agad
pero nalalabanan ko naman.
R: What are the changes have you noticed?
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P: I just noticed when we back from Marawi, when there was a bomb, I am always alert.
Even when I saw a civilian I still have a doubt but I easily overcome it.
R:Kamusta naman pagtulog nyo sir?
P:Di na naman bumabalik yun. nung bago pa lang, pag namumuni muni ako, naaalala
ko, pero ngayon wala na.
R: How was ur sleep sir?
P: when I was just back here, when I am thinking of course I remember it but now its
already gone.
R:Kamusta naman po trabaho nyo sir?
P:Ang duty naming ditto sa isag lingo mga dalawa o apat na beses ka lang mag duty.
Bali di kami dito sa loob ng kampo. Escort escort, pag may opration. Pag may
pinapaclear saming bundok.
R: how is your work sir?
P: our duty here is 2-4 times a week just here inside our camp. But we are scorting
when there is operation specially when there is a mountain needed to clear.
R:Di ka ba nagaalanganin na baka magbalik yung mga nangyareng alaala?
P:Parang di naman ako nagaalanganin na baka bumalik yun pero nandun pa din yung
alertness ko.
R: are you not worried that everything will be flashback in your minds?
P: Not really worried, but still I’m aware of it.
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R:Sa ngayon ba di agad mabilis maging malungkot?
P:Hindi naman parati. Kasi nanjan yung tropa, di ako nagiisa. May dumadamay sayo.
Madaming tuumtutulong sayo madaming kumukulit sayo.
R: as of now, are you not easily feeling lonely?
P: Not really, I am not alone because my troops are there with me. They are always
there to help me.
R:Pano nyo po mailalarawan o maeexplain o madedescribe yung buhay nyo after
trauma?
P:Bali yung ngayon is masaya ako kasi yung sa pamilya, sa trabaho is nagagawa mo
na yung nung nasa gera ka di mo nagagawa, ngagawa na sya ngayon. Minsan tuwing
lingo may family day dito, nakakalabas kami, namamasyal sa sm. Dun sagera di ka
makapag isip talagang 24 hours dun walang pahinga. Minsan nga dun inabot ako ng 3
beses lang naligo sa isang buwan sa ngayon araw araw na, umaga at hapon. Doon di
mo mararanasan maligo kasi unang una walang tubig.may nagsusupply naman samin
ng mineral water, panginom.
R: How Can you describe or explain or your life after trauma?
P: As of now I'm happy because of my family, at work you can do that when you're in
the war you can not do, do it now. Once every weekday there is a family day here and
we go to SM. In the battle you can not really think of it 24 hours we don’t have rest.
Sometimes I took only 3 baths a month,but now every day, morning and afternoon.
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There you will not have to shower because you dont have no water. We have supply
mineral water for drinking only.
R:Yung pagiging masaya sa trabaho dahil po ba yun sa tropa nyo?
P:Dahil sa pamilya din, kasi nagttrabaho ako para sa pamilya ko tapos sinasamahan ko
na din ng happiness para maenjoy yung trabaho para di mainip at para di magisip ng
negatibo at kung ano-ano sa trabaho. At yung pagiging sundalo, passion ko talaga.
Yung sa side ng father ko, puro sundalo.
R: Your happiness in your work is just because of yout troops?
P: Its because of my family also, because I am working for them and of course I am
working with happiness for me to enjoy my job and to avoid reminiscing negative
thoughts in our work. Being sa soldier is my passion,it is in my father side inheritance.
R:After ng naging trauma, ano ng naging paniniwala sa sarili?
P:Ang paniniwala ko sa sarili ko, kumbaga una maging scout ranger. Gusto kong
mapatunayan na kaya ko ito pero nung nagdaan, dumating na yung parts ng buhay ko
na makasurvive. survive mo sarili mo at yung tropa mo, dun ko napatunayan na kaya ko
pa. na yung isang bagay is dun ako naniniwala na kayang gawin nating lahat na,
masaya ka, na nagagawa mo talaga. Pag naisip mong kaya mo, magagawa mo ang
isang bagay.
R: After that traumatic event, what is your self belief?
P: I believe in myself, first to be a scout ranger. I want to prove that I can do it but in the
past, the parts of my life have survived. You survive yourself and your troop, I have
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proven that I can. That's one thing I believe we can do all that, you're happy, that you do
really. When you think of yourself, you can do something.
R:Sa pag-uugali? May nagbago ba?
P:Totally walang nagbago sa akin, parang ganun pa din pero sabi ng asawa ko naging
mainitin daw ang ulo ko pero parang hindi naman. Kasi hindi nya lang ako maintindihan,
kasi saming mga sundalo, kapag bata ka pa, konti palang responsibility mo. Samin
naman kapag tumataas yung rango mo, lumalaki din yung responsibility mo. Sabi nga
ng misis ko dati nung una laging nagtetext ka, ngayon hindi ka na nagtetext. Sabi ko
may mga ginagawa akong mga tungkulin, may mga tao na din akong hawak syempre
asikasuhin mo muna tao mo. Nagkakaron sya ng pagdududa.
R: In your characteristics, is there any changes?
P: Totally nothing changed to me, it seems like that, but my wife says I become hot
tempered but it's not. Because she did not understand it, because there are many
soldiers, when you're young, you have less responsibility. And when you grow up, your
responsibility is growing. My wife used to say that before I text her oftenly but now I did
not text her anymore. I told her that I'm doing my duties, there are people that I'm
managing and She's in doubt.
R:Sa tingin nyo po ba may nagbago sa tingin ng tao sa inyo after nung trauma?
P:Wala naman akong naririnig sa tropa na may nagbago sayo. Pero sabi nila proud sila
na iba talaga pag ranger ka. Proud sila sakin.pag nasa bundok kami, atras tayo dyan
kasi hindi natin kaya yan pero susubukan ko yan.
R:Do you think that other people changed their treatment to you after trauma?
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P: nothing changes from my troops. But they said that they are proud of me. They are
so proud of me when we are in the mountains because they think that I am strong
person and they can’t beat me.
R:Self-confidence?
P: Lalong naging confident ako sa pagiging sundalo.
R: Self-confidence?
P: I become more confident being a soldier.
R:Masasabi nyo po bang maganda yung kalidad ng buhay ninyo ngayon?
P:Oo, kasi nung una nasa gera ka, hindi ka makakaisip ng mga negosyo, family mo,
magulang at asawa kasi di mo sila masubaybayan atlis ngayon nasusubaybayan ko na
sila, nabibigyan ko sila ng konting tulong sa pinansyal. Kaya masasabi kong maganda
kasi kahit papano.Kasi nung nasa marawi ako panay ang gastos.
R: Can you say that you have a good quality of your life today?
P: Yes, because once you're in the battlefield, you can not think of your business, your
family, your parents and your wife because I cant monitor them, giving them some
financial help. So I can say good because somehow. When I'm in Marawi its all for
expenses.
R:So sa ngayon sir, totally healthy naman? Mentally, physically?
P:Oo nung una payat ako pagbalik, ngayon tumaba na din ako eh. Mentally naman oo,
tingin ko din naman healthy naman, naging malawak yung kaisipan ko, nagkaron ako
ng advantage sa gera. Sa gera kasi kumbaga sa training is trained lang yun, sa gera,
actual na yun. Dun mo magagamit yung technique, Yung technique na napagaralan mo
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nung training. Kung ano man yung wala dun sa training, dun mo magagamit , dun ka
magiisip ng paraan pano mo magagamit yung technique at pano mo matatalo yung
kalaban.
Masaya akong nakabalik ako ng buhay. Hindi ako kahit papano nadalusan lang ako ng
mga sharp nail pero atlis buhay ako. Bali wala man akong naramdaman sa sarili ko sa
ngayon.
R: And now Sir, sre you totally healthy?Mentally and Physically?
P: Yes, when I first came back I’m thin, now I got too fat. Mentally yes, I think I'm
healthy too, I have a lot of thoughts, I've had the advantage of battle. In the battlefield,
training is just trained, in the war, that's exactly what it is. You can use the technique,
the technique that you learned about training. Whatever your training course is, you can
use it, and think about how you can use the technique and you can defeat the enemy.
I'm happy that I'm back alive. I do not feel anything bad in myself now.
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Participant #2 - CARDO0417
Date: August 3,2018
Time: 11:00-11:30am
R:Kamusta po kayo?
P:Ok naman
R: How are you?
P: I’m fine.
R:Ano po yung nararamdaman nyo po ngayon? After ng trauma?
P:Pagbalik namin dito maganda kasi nagtraining ulit kami. Pagdating naming maganda
kasi nagkaron kaming kaibigan.kasi pagpunta naming sa marawi wala kaming kaibigan.
R: How are you feeling right now? After the trauma?
P: When we came back here, we undergo training again. Its really feel good because
we found a new friends, because in marawi we don’t have friend there.
R:Nararamdaman na emosyon?
P:Masaya,
R: How’s your emotion?
P: Happy.
R:Bakit po ninyo nasabing masaya?
P:kasi nakabalik kami dito ng lungsod ng walang sugat. Di gaya ng iba na wala hindi na
nakabalik ng buhay at mga baldado
R: How can you say happy?
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P: Because we come here safe without wounds. Not like other soldier they cant able to
come back here alive.
R:may iba pa po bang dahilan pagiging masaya ninyo?
P:Oo nung Nakita naming ulit mga pamilya namin, binigyan naman kami ng break.
R: Do you have other reasons to be happy?
P: Yes when we saw our family again, they gave us a break.
R:Ano pong ginawa ninyo nung binigyan kayo ng break?
P:Dun lang sa bahay, family bonding, kain sa labas, nanood ng sine tas nagdate kami
ng girlfriend ko
R: What did you do during your break?
P: Just in the house, family bonding, eating dinner outside, watching cinema and have
date with my girlfriend.
R:Kamusta naman pagtulog nyo ngayon sir?
P:Okay naman. Nakatulog naman ako ng mahimbing. Tama lang yung oras.
R: How is your sleep Sir?
P: Its good. I can sleep tightly. With a right time.
R:Yung panaginip nyo sir?
P:Noon, Diba october natapos, nung nandun kami mismo sa bakbakan, syempre
napapanaginipan ko yung nangyare. Pero pagdating naman dito parang wala na, kasi
luzon na eh. Parang bumalik na sa dati. Kasi Luzon na eh. Iba kasi yung gera sa
Mindanao. Pagdating namin dito masaya kasi iba na yung laban dito, yung
environment.
R: How is your dream Sir?
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P: When we are still there in the war of course I have a nightmare for what happened,
but everythings back to normal because we are here already. The battle in mindano is
different, when we came back here so happy because battle here is different, for
environment.
R:Naramdaman nyo pong safe na kayo?
P:Oo, ay hindi naman safe. Parang maganda kasi Iba kasi yung kalaban dito. Yung dito
NPA, doon maute-ISIS, magkaiba kasi yun. Yung kalaban dito 30-40 minutes talo na
hindi katulad doon buwanan.
R: Did you feel safe?
P: yes, but not really safe. Our enemy here is different. Here is NPA while there is
maute-ISIS, they are not the same. Enemy here is only 30-40 to defeat but there is for a
month.
R:Sa pagkain araw araw? May nagbago?
P:Wala naman masyadong nagbago. Parang normal lang.
R: In your eating everyday? Is there any changes?
P: Nothing too much changes. Just like normal.
R:Habang nasa gera o pagkatapos, umabot po ba kayo sa punto na natutulala kayo?
P:Hindi namam. Pagdating namin dun nagenjoy nalang kasi sundalo naman, eh ayun
na yung sinumpaang tungkulin namin.
R: While in the battle or after, did you come to the situation that you starring blankly?
P: Not really like that, when we arrived there we just enjoyed as a soldier its our duty.
R:Anong libangan niyo kapag free time.
P:Cellphone, facebook lang. sports gaya ng basketball at Jogging
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R: What you usually do during free time?
P: Cellphone, facebook only, sports like basketball and jogging.
R:Pagkatapos po ba ng trauma, nakakapunta pa kayo sa matataong lugar?
P:Oo, napapalaban kami pero hindi totally na tapatan.hindi naman kasi ako sa harap,
sniper kasi ako.
R: After the trauma, are you still able to go to crowded places
P: Yes, we have some fight but not totally face to face, because its snipper.
R:Pero natakot pa din kayo?
P:Nung unang dating naming dun nakakatakot talaga kasi hindi namin alam yung lugar,
nakakatakot kasi pagdating namin putukan na eh, pero habang tumatagal normal
nalang yung putukan.
R: But you are still afraid?
P: On the first we arrived there we fell afraid because we are not familiar with the place,
we are afraid because at that time we arrived there thera are already bombing, but as
time goes by its become normal to us.
R:Pero dito pag nakikisalamuha sa mga sibilyan? Hindi ka po natatakot?
P:Hindi, mas matagal kasi kami dtto sa Luzon kesa sa Mindanao. Nung sinabak kami
dun sa marawi, buwan ng Mayo lang din kaya pagdating namin dun, magkaiba naman
yung doon at dito. Kasi alam na naming tong area dito kaya parang gamay na naming
ditto
R: But here are you able to socialized with civilians? Are you not afraid?P: No, we
stayed here much longer than in Mindanao. When we deployed in marawi, month of
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May when we arrived there, its different from here. Because we are already familiar in
this place.
R:Kamusta po ang relasyon nyo sa family after ng trauma? may nagbago ba?
P:Oo may nagbago, mas lalong dumikit kami ng magulang ko.ako kasi binata pa naman
ako. Tumatanda na din kasi sila.
R: How’s your relationship with your family after trauma? Is there any changes?
P: Yes there is changes, I became more closer to my parents, because I’m still bachelor
and my parents become older.
R:Pano nyo po idedescribe yung dumikit yung relasyon nyo?
P: Dati kasi pagumuwi ako ng bahay parang wala lang. inom, tagay, inuuna ang
barkada. Ngayon syempre inuuna na muna ang pamilya dahil dun sa Marawi. Basta
mas naging close kami sa isa’t isa. Buti nga nakabalik pa ko dito eh.
R: How can you describe of you being closer?
P: Before when I come home its like nothing, drinking liquor, my friends are my priority.
Now of course I set my family as my priority because of marawi. We become close to
each other and its good that I was able to be back.
R:Yung mga dating ginagawa bago yung trauma, ngagawa pa din ba?
P:Oo
R: How about your activities before the trauma, are you still able to do it?
P: Yes
R:Gaya ng ano?
P:Naglalaro ng basketball, nakakapag-mall. Nakakapag gala.
R: Like what?
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P: Playing basketball, going mall and roaming around.
R:Nakakapagsimba pa din ba kayo?
P:Oo sa ngayon, minsan lang kasi may trabaho kasi kami ng lingo minsan kasi nag
ooperate kami dito sa mga area.
R: Are you still able to go church?
P: Yes for now, sometimes can’t go to church on Sunday coz we have an operation in
our area.
R:Kamusta naman po yung trabaho ninyo?
P:Ok naman
R: How is your work?
P: It’s good.
R:Pano po ninyo nasabing ok lang?
P: Samin kasi mula bata palang ako pangarap ko na maging sundalo kaya parang pag
naging sundalo ako, eenjoyin ko yung sarili ko. Kasi kanya kanya tayong perception at
hilig. Tulad ninyo, diba ayaw nyo magsundalo, gusto nyo maging nurse.
R: How can you say it is good?
P: Since I was a kid its my ambition to be a soldier, so that if i’m already a soldier I will
enjoy myself in here. We have our own perception in life and hobbies. Like you, you
don’t want to be soldier,you want to be a nurse.
R:Nung nandun po ba kayo parang wala po masyadong takot kasi gusto nyo po talaga
ginagawa nyo?
P:Hindi yung papunta kami dun sinabing dadalhin kami sa marawi, natakot pero
excited.
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R: when you are still there, its like you don’t have fear because you love what your
doing.
P: No, when they told us that we will deployed to marawi, we feel afraid but excited.
R:Yung sa mga katrabaho? Kamusta pakikitungo nila sayo?
P:Mas lalong dumikit kami kasi nag ano yung camaraderie namin. Nakuha naming
yung loob ng isat’ isa. Mas lalong tumatag at naging masaya
R: how about your comrades? How they treat you?
P: We become more closer to each other.
R:After ng gera, nakakatulog ba ng maayos?
P:Mahimbing na yung tulog ko.
R: After the battle, did you able to sleep well?
P: I can sleep tight.
R:Nananaginip pa din ba?
P:Hindi na, kung nandun pa dn kami sa area nayun, panigurado mapapanaginipan
namin yun. Kasi dito gamay na namin to, siguro nagreport ako dito 2011 palang
nandito na ko.
R: Are you still dreaming?
P: Nothing at all, I’m sure if we are still in the area I’m still have a nightmare. Here I’m
already familiar, maybe I start here since 2011 I’m already here.
R:Parang feeling mo safe na?
P:Hindi naman safe, kasi sundalo kami, parang gamay na kasi yung trabaho. Kumbaga
parang basketball player, magaling ka magshoot diba, parang gamay mo yung
paglalaro.
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R: Are you feeling like you are safe now?
P: Not really safe, but we are soldier we already master our work. Just like a basketball
player, they already master to shoot the ball.
R:So after po nung naging trauma ninyo, pano nyo po madedescribe yung kalidad ng
buhay nyo ngayon?
P:Mas gumanda ngayon kasi syempre naging alerto na ko. Kasi laging relax lang kasi
samin dito lagi namin sinasabi
Wala naman klaban ditto pero simula nung galling kami dun, naging alerto na ko, meron
pala talagang kalaban.
R: After of the traumatic experience, how can you describe the quality of your life right
now?
P: It’s better now because of course I’m become more alert. Because here we are
always saying that we are more relaxed because we don’t have opponent to battle. But
since we came from there I became alert and i know that our enemy is just there.
R:So nagbago ka talaga ngayon?naging sensitive sa paligid?
P:Oo, kunware may narinig akong nalalaglag na bagay sa paligid, nagugulat ako
R: You mean that you have changed? You become more sensitive?
P: Yes, for example there is something fall from apart, I was tremor.
R:Hanggang ngayon po ba yung pagiging magugulatin ninyo?
P:Oo kasi minsan iniisip ko agad baka kalaban nayan.
R: Until now are you still tremored?
P: Yes because sometimes I think its our enemy.
R:Yong sa pagkain nyo po normal naman po or lagi nyo pa dn naiisip yung gera?
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P:Hindi ko na iniisip yun kasi Kung iisipin mo ng iisipin yan parang ikaw din yung
mahihirapan, ienjoy nalang yung mga araw na nagdadaan kasi kung lagi mong iisipin
yung mga nangyari doon laging nandyan lang sa isip mo.
R: Your eating pattern is it normal or you are still thinking about the war?
P: I’m not thinking about it anymore, because if I will always keep on remember it, its
too hard for me, I have to enjoy every passing day because if I will always thinking what
happen there it will stay in my mind always.
R:Paano nyo po natatanggal sa isipan yong mga ganong bagay sir?
P:Gagawa ng mga kung ano- ano tulad ng laro basketball, pakikipag usap sa mga
katrabaho.
R: How can you avoid remembering those things?
P: I will do anything like playing basketball, and talking with my comrades.
R:Parang yon po yong coping nyo po?
P:OO
R: Is it your coping mechanism?
P: Yes
R:Yong sa Support system nyo po ano po yong ginagawang suppurta nila sayo para
makalimutan yong mga ganong sitwasyon tulad ng family nyo po ano po yong
ginagawa nila?
P:Ayon lumalabas kami manunuod ng sine nagsisimba at makikipag kwentuhan sa
mga barkada at may kasamang tagay ng alak.
R: How about your support system, what they do to make you forget like those
situation,your family what they are doing?
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P: We go outside and watching cinema together, visiting church and talking with my
friends with drinking some liquor.
R:Sir sa pangkalahatang pagbabago na napansin sa sarili nyo mula noong nagsimula
ang engkwentro sa marawi hanggang sa pagkatapos at hanggang ngayon?
P:Yon nga nagging alerto ako at nagging close sa pamilya.
R: Sir overall, what changes in yourself since you deployed to marawi until it was
finished and until now?
P: That’s is I become more alert and become more closer to my family.
R:Bilang isang kaibigan sir d ba sabi mo marami kayo kaiabigan paano nyo po na
handle yong oras nyo para sa kanila?
P:Kung nandon ako sa bahay pinupuntahan nila ako, ako din pumupunta din ako sa
kanilang bahay, para ba di nila maiisip na baka isnabiro na ako, kasi pag nakauwi ako
doon masaya naman sila proud nga sila sa akin eh pagkatapos ng gera sa marawi.
R: As a friend Sir, like you said you have more friends, how can you handle your time
with them?
P: If I’m staying at home,they come to visit me,likewise I’m also visiting them to avoid
them thinking that I am unfriendly. Every time I go home they are so happy and proud of
me especially after marawi.
R:Yong tungkol naman po sa sex life nyo po may nagbago po ba after ng engkwentro
sa marawi?
P:Wala naman ganon pa rin
R: How about your sex life, is there changes after the battle in Marawi?
P: Nothing changes, its still the same.
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R:Yong relasyon nyo po sir d ba sabi mo may Girl friend po kayo? Kamusa po kayo
ngayon wala naman nagbago sa relasyon nyo dalawa sir?
P:Okay naman ganon pa rin kasi yong kami mga sundalo lagi busy d na siya
nakakapunta sa bahay lage kaya ,lagi nalang sya naghihinala, advance na siya
masyado mag isip.
R: How about your relationship with your girlfriend? How are you two by now is there
any changes in your relationship?
P: We are okay, we are still the same because we soldier are always busy and she
can’t able to go to our home oftenly thats why she is in doubt, she is an advance
thinking.
R:Yong paniniwala nyo po kay lord after ng gera sa marawi wala naman pong
nagbago?
P:Wala naman po mas napalapit pa po kami sa kanya,
R: How about your trust in God after the battle, is there any changes?
P: Nothing, I become more faithful to him.
R:Ano po yong tingin mo sa sarili mo ngayon sir physically and mentally healthy po ba
kayo ngyon?
P:OO physically and mentally healthy po ako ngayon
R: How can you perceived yourself right now sir, are you physicallyt and mentally
healthy?
P: Yes, I’m physically and mentally healthy now.
R:Paano nyo po nasabi na physically and mentally healthy kayo ngayon sir?
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P:Syempre nagawa ko naman yong tungkulin ko at wala dn naman ako sakit tsaka kasi
araw araw naman may mga activity kami dito.
R: How can you say that you are physically and mentally healthy now Sir?
P: Of course I can do my job and my duty and I don’t have illness because everyday we
have activities here.
R:Ano po yong naitulong ng activity sa stress nyo po? may naitulong po ba?
P:Oo para hndi nakakabagot kasi kung nandoon ka lang sa baraks syempre parang
nag iisa ka lang kaya, gumagawa ako ng paraan para masaya.
R: How your activities help your stress? Is it helps you?
P: Yes for me to have something to do, that’s why Im making a way to be happy.
R:Pag nandoon ka sa baraks pag nag iisa kalang sir mabilis k ba malungkot?
P:Hindi naman gumagawa ako ng paraan para masaya
R: When you are in your room and alone are you easily get lonely?
P: Not really, I’m doing my way to make me happy.
R:Yong sa activity tsaka exercise sir kumusta naman po? wala naman pong nagbago?
P:Wala naman po normal naman po .
R: In your daily activity and exercise Sir how is it? Is there any changes?
P: nothing, its still normal.
R:Parang all in all po mula noong natapos po ang gera hanggang ngayon wala naman
po nagbago sa inyo sir ?
P:Wala naman, ayon lang parang alerto lang lage.
R: Did you mean that since the start of the battle and until now there is no changes in
you?
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P: Nothing, it is just that I am always alert.
R:So sa ngayon sir masasabi mo ba na kontento ka at happy ka sa buhay mo na
nakabalik ka na ngayon dto sir? Paano mo po masabi na kontento ka at happy ka?
P:Oo naman happy at kuntento ako ngayon, dahil nakabalik pa po akong buhay.
R: As of now Sir, are you happy that you go back here? How can you say that you are
already contented and happy?
P: Yes of course I’m happy and contented now because I can able to go back here.
R:Maliban doon sir ano pa ?
P:Syempre masaya ako dahil naranasan ko yong ganong experience, kasi may ibang
sundalo naman na mas nakakatanda sa akin na di nila na experience yong mga ganong
sitwasyon kaya parang proud ako sa sarili ko ,parang may masabi na ako sa kanila.
R: Except for that sir what else?
P: Of course I’m happy because I was given an experience like it. Because some
soldiers who is older than me can’t able to experience like what I have, that’s why I’m so
proud of myself.
R:Sa self steem nyo po sir at sa confidence po may nagbago po?
P:Tumaas po at nagging proud ako sa sarili ko kasi naging parte ako doon at history
kasi yon eh dito sa pilipinas at kahit papano may naiiambag ako doon eh para maging
Malaya ang isang lugar sa pilipinas
R: In your self steem and self confidence is there any changes?
P: I become more confidence and proud of myself that I become a part of the history of
our nation for peace and order and freedom from terrorist.
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R:Sabi nyo po masaya kayo ngayon dahil nakabalik kana dto at Nakita mo na pamilya
mo? Ano po yong unang ginawa nyo ng pamilya nyo sir?
P:Bonding lang kain sa labas
R: You said a while ago that you are happy now coz you’re back? What did you do first
with your family?
P: Just spending my time with them and have some dinner outside.
R:Nakakapag open naman kayo sa kanila about doon sa mga nangyayari ?
P:Di naman sila nagtatanong kasi noong nasa marawi ako di ko kasi sila tinatawagan.
R: Did you able to open up for what happened?
P: They are not asking about it, because when I am in marawi I am avoiding calling
them.
R:So wala po kayong update sa kanila?
P:Hindi naman, kasi kung lagi ko silang tinatawagan mas lalo po silang mag alala, kaya
update update lang ako sa kanila na okay lang ako.
R: So you don’t have update from them?
P: Not really, it is just because I know that every time I will call them it is like I am
just making them worried about me.
R:About naman sa girlfriend niyo sir paano niyo naman siya na e handle kasi matagal
kayong d nagkakita, parang yong after ng trauma wala naming nagbago sa tingin niya
sayo?
P:Wala naman, Normal lang, about naman sa tingin niya sa akin ewan ko lang d ko
alam sa kanya eh kasi d naman kami lage nagkakasama eh. Hindi ko naman
kinukwento sa kanya mga nangyare para hindi din sila magalala.
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R: How about your girlfriend sir, how can you handle your connection with him despite
of many months that you can’t able to see each other, is there any changes of how she
treat you after the trauma happened?
P: Nothing, just like normal,
About how she treated me, I really don’t know what she is thinking because we are not
being together . I am not also telling her what really happen to me so that she will not
be worried about me.
R:Sa lahat po ng changes na napansin mo sa sarili mo sir after ng gera yon lang
pagiging alerto niyo po
P:Opo ayun lang talaga.
R: For all the changes that you have noticed from yourself after the war is it only that he
is being more alert?
R:Paano niyo po masasabi na maganda ang kalidad ng buhay niyo po ngayon
P:Eh nakakapagtrabaho pa eh, kasi yong mga iba nga pagkatapos ng ano giera
gusto na nila mag resign sa serbisyo ,
R: How can you say that you have a quality of life niow?
P: Because I am still able to work, while others after they just done in the war they will
resign from service.
R:Hindi naman pumasok sa isipan mo na huminto sa pagkasundalo?
P:Ay hindi kasi to yong pangarap ko eh, madami na ako naipondo na pawis at oras dito
eh,
R: Is there some thoughts that will made your decision to resign
P: No because the is my ambition, I have so much hardwork and time consume for this.
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R:Sa family na man po wala naman changes ?
P:Wala naman po
R: In your family is there any changes?
P: Nothing
R:Nakakapagsimba naman po?
P:Oo minsan nakakapagsimba naman po pag may free time.
R: Did you able to go to church?
P: Yes sometimes I go to church when I have free time.
R:Kontinto naman kayo ngayon kung ano ka ngayon sir ?
P:Owh, kontentong kontento naman po.
R: Are contented for what you are now Sir?
P: Yes, I’m contented and satisfied.
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R:Kumusta po kayo ngayon sir ?
P:Okay naman normal naman
R: How are you Sir?
P: I’m okey and normal.
R:balik sa normal po?
P:Oo,parang normal naman di ako masyadong palaisip
R: You mean back to normal?
P: Yes, it’s like normal coz I’m not always thinking.
R:Hindi po kayo tinamaan? eh may parang may nagbago ba after na after po talaga
kunyari ngayon kayo sinabak after po ng I week ano po nagbago sayo?
P:Nanaginip lang parang may putok ng baril pero actually nawala dn agad mga parang
isang beses lang din ata ako nanaginip noong nandon lang ako.
R: Did you not hit? Is something that has changed after that after that happened on the
first week that you started what changed to you?
R:Sa pagkain niyo po sir may nagbago po ba?
P:Pagkain Parang mas lalo ata ako malakas kumain ngayon eh, nagbabawi siguro
R: In your eating is there any changes?
P: Eating, I think I become more appetite now.
R:Bakit?
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P:Di yong nandoon kasi kami sa area noong unang dating namin halos mga 2 months
puro sardinas at naka pack lang kinakain namin tapos yong nakabalik , tinatry ko na
yong mga naiisip ko noon kain kain na .
R: Why?
P: Because when we are in the batlle area in 2 months we just eat mostly sardines and
canned goods,that’s why when we come back I eat those foods that I am imagining
there.
R:Nag iimagine na po kayo ulit ng makakain nyo ulit?
P:Oo sana makabalik na kami ng luzon para makakain naman kami ulit ng mga ganito
ganyan.
R: Are you imagining foods to eat again?
P: Yes,wishing to go back to Luzonso that I can eat all of it.
R:Sa pagtulog nyo po sir nakakatulog naman kayo sa tamang uras?
P:Nakatulog, pero noong nandon pa kami medyo mahirap kasi parang masyadong alert
yong utak eh from time to time may marinig ka talagang putok eh sabog ng bomba,yon
medyo maherap matulog kasi napakalakas tapatan ng kalaban parang pakiramdam
namin napakarami pa nila ,noong malapit na matapos yon medyo parang naging normal
na ulit.
R: In your sleeping pattern Sir, how many hours did you sleep?
P: I can sleep, but when we are there its so hard to get sleep because we are always
alert all the time we can hear a bomb, that’s so hard to get us sleep because we know
that our enemy is still too much. Soon after that it was quite normal.
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R:Sa ngayon po lahat na po normal?
P:Ngayon di ko na masyado naaalala eh
R: As of now, everything is normal?
P: As now, I’m not thinking it too much.
R:Ano po yong ginagawa nyo para di nyo na masyado naaalala?
P:Naglilibang-libang sa laro
R: What are you doing so that you don’t remember it?
P: Playing games
R:Ano po yong mga nilalaro nyo sir?
P:Nagcecellphone, tawag twag sa pamilya
R: What are you playing with?
P: Using my cellphone, calling my family.
R:Yong sa pamilya nyo po sir may asawa na po ba kayo?
P:Oo
R: To your Family Sir are you married?
P: Yes
R:Kumsta naman po kayo?
P:Okay naman sya noong una lang medyo nahihirapan sya
R: How are you sir?
P: She is good, but she felt hard.
R:Bakit naman po?
P:Syempre sunod-sunod yong balita sa tv.
R: But why?
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P: Of course, because of the news in the TV
R:Noong paglayo mo dito?
P:Kasi 5 months di ako nakauwi noon kahit noong nagkasakit sya,parang gusto ko ng
umuwi ba.parang inisip ko pa dn trabaho.
R: When you go there?
P: Because I cant go home in 5 months even when she get sick, I am thinking to go
home but I have also work.
R:Mas priority niyo pa din ang trabaho kaysa sa pamilya niyo sir?
P:Oo
R: Your work is your priority rather than your family Sir?
P: Yes
R:Sa ngayon po sir ano po yong naramdaman na emosyon niyo po?
P:Masaya na din
R: For now Sir what do you feel with your emotion?
P: I’m also happy.
R:Paano nyo po nasabing masaya?
P:Buhay eh,nakabalik parin kami dito sa Luzon ng maayos walang damage at no
wounded .
R: How can you say happy?
P: I’m still alive, were able to go back here in Luzon in good terms and not wounded.
R:Ayon lang po wala na pong ibang dahilan? Ano pa po yong ibang dahilan bakit po
nasasabi niyong masaya ka ngayon?
P:Siguro mas marami na akong time sa asawa ko ngayon
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R: Do you have any other reason? What are some other reasons why can you say that
you are happy now?
P: Maybe because I have more time for my wife now.
R:Bakit dati po wala po kayo?
P:Dati parang ang hirap habulin eh, ngayon medjo nakakapasyal pasyal na rin sya dahil
dito na ako sa batalyon kasi pag nasa batalyon ka na establish na yong pwesto,
nadadalaw dalaw na dn nya ako, dati kasi nasa companya ako mobile kami, kaya d ako
halos makakauwi at makakadalaw.
R: Why are you not before?
P: It's hard to chase, now I have
R:Ano pa, may iba pa ba kayo dahilan na nakakapagpasaya sayo?
P:Yong mga tropa din na laging masaya sila eh, parang nakakahawa na din.Kakaiba ka
naman kung ang sayasaya nila ang lungkot mo
R: What else, is there any reasons that make you happy?
P: My troops they are always happy and they trigger me to do the same. Iit is different
story when your friend are happy and you are alone sad.
R:Sa inyo po ano po yong ibig sabihin ng pagiging masaya niyo?paano niyo po
madedescribe ang saya na meron ka ngayon?
P:Sa saya ko parang may kaba eh yong saya ko eh,
R: For you what do you mean when you say happy? How can you describe the
happiness that you felt?
P: It is like I feel so good.
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R:Bakit naman po?
P:Di mo rin kasi masabi sa susunod na araw dapat nasa mindset ka lang ba,syempre
sa trabaho di pa rin maiwasan ,yong alertness ko sa mga tao, at security awareness sa
mga tao lalo nap ag hindi mga kakilala medjo napapaisip ka hndi basta basta mag
aaproach at di rin agad magtitiwala, sila rin hinihintay kung mag approach, dahil nasa
CMO more on civilian ang makakasalimuha.
R: Really, why?
P: Because we don’t know what will happen next day or in the future, that’s why we
have to be alert, and establish security awareness especially to those outsiders.
R:So yon yong nararamdaman mo sir na may halong takot ka pagdating sa
pakikisalimuha sa civilian?
P:Oo, kasi hindi namin kilala mga kalaban namin dito eh, doon kasi alam mo kung sino
iiwasan mo doon,dito kasi hindi naman nagpapakilala mga kalaban.
R: So that’s what you feeling that you are afraid in socializing with civilians.
P: Yes, because we don’t know our enemy here, unlike there we can scape, while here
they are not familiar to them.
R:Kumusta naman pang araw-araw niyo po?yong sa pagtulog ,pagkain,yong mga
ginagawa niyo po pag free time?
P:Normal naman, ganon pa din ganon din naman ginagawa ko bago ako napadala
doon,sa pagkain yon nga mas lalo ako lumakas kumain, sa tulog ko okay naman kasi
gawa lang siguro ng puyat noon at sa trabaho.
R: How about your everyday life, your sleeping, your eating and what we are doing
during free time.
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R:Wala ng mga panaginip po sir?
P:Wala na,yong mga panaginip ko yata hindi na related doon.
R: Are you still having bad dreams?
P: No more, I have dreams but not related with my experience.
R:Yong sa support system niyo po yong mga taong sumosuppota sayo ano po yong
ginawa nila para maparamdam nila sayo nan aka supporta sila sayo?
P:Sa pamilya ko lagi lang nila sinasabi na mag ingat ka wag magpabaya at lagi
maingat .
R: For your support system, who are those people who is supporting you all the way,
what did they do to make you feel their support for you.
P: In my family.they are always telling me to take care.
R:Nakakapunta pa kayo sa mga lugar na maraming tao tulad ng mall?
P:Oo,
R: Are you able to go crowded places like mall?
P: Yes
R:Yong wala pong halong kaba?
P:Ayon lang medjo tamang hinala,tingin tingin ka lang baka kasi lapitan ka pero dati
normal ko naman yan ginagawa noon pa.
R: Without feeling tremored?
P: Just because I’m a little suspicious, I am always looking to my surrounding for
anyone who will come with me but that’s normal for me even before.
R:Kahit po dati pa?
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P:Oo parang mas naging aktibo ako ngayon kasi sayang ang buhay eh yong naisip ko
pag nagpabaya ka.
R: Even before?
P: Yes I am more active for now, because life is more important.
R:Natulala po ba kayo dati after ng gera?
P:Tulala?siguro natulala ako pag may isipin akong iba, doon siguro baka d ko na
namalayan na natulala ako roon.
R: Are you starring blankly after the battle?
P: starring blankly? Maybe I’m starring blankly because I am thinking other things, there
maybe I am unconsciously starring blanky.
R:Kumusta naman po yong trabaho niyo po sir?
P:Trabaho okay naman d naman mahirap ang trabaho basta susunod ka lang, pag
nagtrabaho ka na bukal sa kalooban mo d ka mahirapan.
R: How about your work Sir?
P: My work is good, it’s not hard if we just follow, just do your job full heartedly.
R:Nagagawa niyo naman po ng maayos yong trabaho niyo po?
P:Nagagawa naman ,nag ko comply naman kami sa lahat ng pinagagawa .
R: Are you doing well at work?
P: I’m doing well, complying for all the task.
R:Yong mga dati niyong ginagawa tsaka ngayon may nagbago po ba?
P:Siguro Dati ang tamad tamad ko ngayon ang sipag sipag ko na magpapawis
R: Your previous task and now is there any changes?
P: Maybe, before I am so lazy and now I’m already workaholic.
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R:Bakit po ano po yong dahilan sa tingin nyo po na bigla kayong masipag ?
P:Siguro gawa lang ng trabaho kailangan magsipag eh at saka maeendorse ka eh pag
tamad tamad ka eh
R: Whats the reason for your sudden change?
P: Maybe just because of work we need to be industrious because we can have an
endorsement if we don’t comply in our job.
R:Ano pong masasabi niyo tungkul sa buhay niyo po after po ng tauma?
P:Sa buhay ko? Kung may nagbago ba?
R: What will you say in your life after trauma?
P: In my life? If there is changes?
R:Kung naging masaya po ba kayo or malungkot?
P:Hindi ko pa masyado naramdaman ang lungkot eh, malulungkot lang naman ako pag
inaaway lang ako ng asawa ko eh, mga kasamahan ko kasi mga masayahin kaya d ko
nakakaisip yong ganon eh asawa ko lang naman nagpapabigat ng kalo-oban , syempre
minsan na ano sya sa trabaho ko kahit na syempre medjo na alam niya trabaho ko at
nasa pulis din naman siya under sila ng pulis medjo trabaho ng mga kasamahan nila
naiisip din niya sa akin medjo intindi na niya trabaho ko.
R: If you become happy or sad?
P: I did’nt feel any sadness yet, I just feel that way when we have misunderstanding
with my wife, all of my troops here are joyful that’s why I am also, of course sometimes
she has a complain about my work even thiough she is a police also, that’s why what
her co worker do, she is relating it to me.
R:Nakakapagsimba naman kayo sir?
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P:Oo dalawa kami nagsimaba .
R: Did you able to go to church?
P: Yes we two go to church.
R:Noong galing kayo sa gera sir di ba pinauwi na kayo dito ano po yong unang
ginawang bonding sa pamilya mo?
P:Kain agad kami boudle fight sinama naming byanan ko dahil doon naman kami naka
tira sa biyanan ko tapos kwentuhan, labas labas dn minsan para magbago naman yong
ano sa paligid.
R: When you come back here after the battle, what did you do to with your family?
P: We eat together in a miliraty manner at the house of my in-laws, talking with them
and we date outside to see other view.
R:Di naman po nagbago yong tingin nila sayo sir?
P:Di ko naman naramdaman yong ganong na parang iiwasan ako baka sabihin may
parang may war shock pa ako ganon d naman, parang lalo silang napalapit sa akin
R: Is there any changes of how they treat you?
P: I didn’t feel that way, its like they are more proud of me.
R:Parang nagiging close kayo sa pamilya mo ?
P:Oo, baka siguro naiisip nila baka kung ano ano nalang naiisip ko. Para narereplenish
yung pag-aagam agam ko
R: It is like you become more closer to your family.
P: Yes,,maybe they are thinking
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R:Ano po yong nagiging pananaw sa buhay niyo po after po ng trauma na nararanasan
niyo po? Parang may nagbago po ba sa pananaw niyo or mas lalo kayong proud sa
sarili nyo po?
P:Parang mas lalo po naming nagustuhan ,na ano rin kami yong pakiramdam namin
yong todo supporta yong mga tao sa amin mas lalo kami nabubuhayan ng loob yes,at
tumatapang kami, kumbaga pinapakita nila sa amin lalo sa goberno at mga tao na
nakasupporta lang sila sa amin d nila kami pinabayaan.
R: What is your belief in life after the traumatic experience? Is there anything changes
or you become more proud of yourself?
P: It’s like we more love what happen, it’s overwhelming that we receive support from
the people and the government, they really show us there full support.
R:So ano po yong napansin na pagbabago or may nagbago po ba tingin ng mga tao sa
paligid mo po?
P:Oo, yon tingin nila mas proud sila sa amin hindi katulad dati na parang masama ang
image namin sa mga sinaunang sundalo pag Nakita kami ng mga tao doon parang mas
lumalapit sila hindi yong nag aalangan sa amin.
R: So what changes happen or is there anything changes from the perception of the
people around you?
P: Yes, I think they become more proud of us unlike before that we a bad image to the
people. When they see us there they will come to us without hesitation.
R:Kumzta naman po yong relasyon niyong mag asawa po?
P:Okay naman
R: How is your relationship with your wife?
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P: We’re good.
R:Sa anak nyo sir kumusta naman po yong relasyon nyo?
P:Wala pa kaming anak , mahigit 1 year pa lang kaming kasal
R: How about your relationship with your child?
P: I don’t have a child yet, we are married just more than a year.
R:Sexualy active naman kayo sir?
P:Oo naman,
R: Are you sexually active?
P: Of course yes.
R:Ano po yong ginagawa pag na stress kayo ?ano po yong coping na ginagawa niyo?
P:Naglilibang libang lang kami
R: What are you doing when you are stressed? How do you cope with it?
P: We are just doing some fun.
R:Gaya po ng?
P:Labas labas po kami magbonding bonding din kaming mga tropa pag nandto kami sa
trabaho, pag sa pamilya naman talagang nag aano kami foodtrip lagi kami ng asawa ko
lagi kaming nasa kainan,habang kumakain kwento kwento kami sa mga nangyayari sa
akin dito kenekwento ko sa kanya
R: Like what?
P: We we’re going out with my troops when we are here at work, but if we are with our
family we are just eating together, and I’m sharing while we are eating for what is
happening to me when I am in my work
R:Buti po nakakapag open up po kayo sa isat isa ?
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P:Oo, wala akong sinisikreto sa kanya para hindi rin siya masyado mag isip sa
akin.pero alam naman niya diskarte ko kunyari aalis ako or may lakad kami di ko
sinasabi sa kanya ng direkta sabihin ko nalang sa kanya na mamaya nalang po ulit me
magtetext sasabihin ko nalang pag nakadating na ako sa area kung saan ako.
R: It’s good that you we’re able to open up your feelings.
P: Yes, I didn’t keep a secret to her because I don’t want that she is thinking anything of
me, but she know my strategies like when I have to go out with my friend, I will told her
that I will text her later and I will tell her later where I have been.
R:Sa paniniwala niyo po ano po bang reliheyon niyo po sir?
P:Roman catholic
R: What is your religion Sir?
P: Roman Catholic
R:Kumusta naman po paniniwala niyo kay God?
P:Lagi pa din ako nagdadasal
R: How is your faith in God?
P: I am praying oftenly.
R:May nagbago po ba after ng trauma ?
P:Mas napalapit ako sa kanya, kinakausap ko siya pag sa gabi hihingi ako ng blessing
para bukas at pasasalamat.
R: Is there anything changed after trauma?
P: My faith become deeper, I am always talking with him during night when I am asking
for a blessing for tomorrow and I’m being thankful.
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R:Hindi naman dumating sa point na noong nandoon kayo sa kasagsagan ng giera na
nagsisi ka kung bakit ganito ganon nangyayari ?
P:Wala naman d ako nag isip ng ganyan, mas lalo ko pa nilakasan paniniwala ko sa
kanya. Basta lagi lang ako humihingi ng signs sa kanya kung ano kung dapat gawin .
R: Did it comes to the point especially on the middle of the battle that you have regret
for whats happening.
R:Bilang isang kaibigan sir paano po yong tingin nila sayo wala naman pong nagbago
sa tingin nila sayo?
P:Walang nagbago mas naging proud talaga sila sa akin grabie yong papuri nila sa
akin, kaya natutuwa ako kasi sa sakripesyo na ginawa namin na appreciate ng mga tao
at kaibigan at nakakagaan ng loob at masaya .
R: As a friend sir, how they treat you , is there changes?
P: Nothing changed they become more proud of me and giving me appreciation, and
I’m so happy that all of our efforts are appreciated by the people and friends, it’s quite
overwhelming.
R: Masasabi niyo po ba na maganda ang kalidad ng buhay niyo ngayon?
P:Maganda
R: Will you say that you have a good quality of life now?
P: Good
R:Paano niyo po masabing maganda?
P:Okay naman buhay ko ngayon Kasi wala naman problema sa ngayon sa sahod
naman okay naman at survive naman sa pang araw araw kahit sa pamilya
nakakapagbigay naman, mas maganda pati yong sa tulong ni pangulong duterte .
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R: How will you say good?
P: My life now is good because I don’t have any problem when it comes to our salary its
already enough for our everyday living to survive with the help of our President Duterte.
R:Di ba po sir nasabi niyo po sa amin na masaya ka ngayon mga ilang percent po?
P: 99% po
R: Sir did you mention that are happy right now right, for how many percent?
P: 99%
R:Bakit po may 1%?
P:Para in case na merong mangugulo kaya para sa kanila yang 1%
R: Why there is 1% left?
P: Just in case that someone came to disturb of us that’s why 1% is for them.
R:Ano yong mga gulo yon sir?
P:Kung may mga kunting problema pagtatawanan ko lang yan , wag lang life and death
situation kasi mabigat bigat isipin yon.
R: In what way sir?
P: If there some problems, I will just keep on laughing, except for life and death situation
because its hard to think.
R:Mula po noong after ng trauma tsaka yong nangyari ngayon sa buhay niyo po sa
ngayon ano po yong pinagkaiba ? kunyari after po ng trauma parang may takot pa din
kayo tapos ngayon feeling mo mas safe na po ba kayo? Kung ano lang po yong
napansin na pinag kaiba?
P:Sa mga ano putok medjo may gulat pa rin papakiramdaman ko pa rin kung may
maririnig akung putok kahit kwetis lang, parang ano kaya yon saan banda yon may
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pistahan kaya doon, parang iniisip ko kaagad, parang gusto ko hanapin agad kung saan
nanggagaling yong putok.kahit may bumabagsak lang jan na kung ano ano eh,
R: how will you differentiate your life before trauma and after? For example after
trauamatic experience are you still feeling afraid and now you are feeling safe. What did
you noticed that changed?
P: When there is bombing I’m still tremored, for example their is a fiesta there and has a
fireworks, I will keep on finding where the bomb came from, even when something falls
only I will keep on looking for it.
R:Ano pa po may iba pa po?
P:Halos yon lang napapasin ko sarili ko , siguro masyado lang alert ba , baka kasi
kampanting kampanti akong naglalakad jan sinisipa ka na pala, ano lang siguro nag
rereact lang katawan siguro.
R: Is there some more sir?
P: That’s only what I’ve noticed, maybe I become just more aware, We don’t know while
we are on calm someone is ready to hit us. That’s how my body react.
R:Sa tingin nyo po ba mentally and physically healthy po kayo ngayon?
P:Oo
R: Did you perceived that you are physically healthy now?
P: Yes
R:Paano niyo po nasabi na mentally healthy ka ngayon?
P:Normal pa naman siguro niyo ako nakakausap ngayon eh,palagay ko lang sa sarili ko
ha, wala naman silang kakaiba na napapansin sa akin.
R: How can you say that you are healthy?
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P: I think I;’m still normal because you can still talk with me, that’s how I believe, nothing
changes from me.
R:Parang kung may pag usapan kayo hindi ka naman maging emosyonal kaagad?
P:Hindi naman, mas emosyonal pa nga ako dati eh noong wala pa akong experience
na ganon sa marawi , ngayon medyo mas matatag na ako ngayon.
R: Like when somebody is talking about it , are you become emotional?
P: Not really that, I more emotionally before when I don’t have an experience yet in
marawi, but now I am more confident.
R:Yong sa self confedence po kumusta na po?
P:May experience eh kumbaga naranasan ko na talaga yong pagiging sundalo
kumbaga, pagdating naming doon may sumasalubong na kaagad sa amin na
nakakabaung na mga tropa.
R: Hows your self confidence?
P: My dedication being a become much deeper, when we deployed there immediately
crazy troops welcoming us.
R:Sa physical paano nyo po nasabing physically healthy kayo ngayon sir?
P:Magana naman ako sa mga actividad eh
R: How can you say your physically healthy now sir?
P: I am more active for all our activities.
R:Ano po mga ginagawa niyo sa free time nyo po?
P:Free time, d kasi kami lage maka jogging jogging kasi d kami makalabas lage dto
dahil bago pa lng din kami, buhat buhat at igi igib ng tubig para pagpawisan yon ang
gusto ko pag walang tubig ditto kasi minsan nawawala tubig dito, at basketball.
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R: What are you doing during your free time?
P: We can’t go outside here for jogging because we are just new here, what we do is we
fixed water as our exercise because sometimes we don’t have water here.
R:Kumusta naman samahan ng mga tropa niyo po?
P:Ah okay naman, kasi di rin , normal lang naman yun pag nasa kasi yung
nagbobolahan, pasok sa kabila labas sa kabila. Mabait lang, dapat maging mabait lang.
R: How is your unity with your troops?
P: We are good, we have to be kind to each other.
R:Ano po masasabi niyo po sa buhay niyo po balik na sa dati parang back to normal na
po?
P:Back to normal na po, 100% na doon lang ako 100% dahil d ko na iniisip yong ganon
mas iniisip ko yong pamilya trabaho looking forward for the future.
R: How will you describe yourself when you go back here, it everything back to normal
again?
P: Everything back to normal 100%. And I don’t think anything but looking forward for
the future.
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Participant #4 - BALLPEN0526
Date: August 3,2018
Time: 10:30-11:00am
R: Hi sir good morning.
P: Good morning din.
R: Hi sir good morning.
R: Sir musta po, ilang bwan ba kau sa Marawi?
P: 2 months kami sa Marawi.
R: Gaano na po kayo katagal sa serbisyo
P: 8 years
P: We stayed in Marawi for 2 months
R: How long have you been serving in the armed forces?
P: 8 years
R: Ano po ba yung masasabi ninyong iba sa marawi kumpara sa ibang engkwentro na
anranasan ninyo
P: Mas marami doon na experience doon kesa sa dati. Mapapalaban ka kasi talaga
kahit sa bayan. Sa bundok kasi yung training naming. Sa marawi kasi sa mga building,
kaya iba yung mga diskarte naming
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R; What can you say about the experience you had in Marawi compared to the other
encounters you had before?
P: There is definitely more experience there (in Marawi) than I had before. You will be
forced to really fight even in the city. Our training revolved around mountains so the
technique we used was different.
R: Noong nakabalik po kayo dito sir after sa marawi ano po una ninyong ginawa
P: Admin muna na trabaho
R: When you came back from Marawi, what did you do first?
P: We did administrative work.
R: Na psych eval po ba kayo noon sa tanay?
P: Wala po.
R: Did you have a psychological evaluation in Tanay?
P: No.
R: After sa marawi may mga napansin po ba kayong mga pagbabago? Halimabawa
kapag nakakrinig kayo ng balita sa Marawi yung mga ganun
P: Di naman ako masyadong apektado.
R: After your experience in Marawi, did you notice any changes (in yourself)? For
example, whenever you hear news about Marawi, do you have a certain reaction?
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P: I don’t think I am that affected.
R: Masasabi nyo po ba na malala yung experience ninyo sa marawi
P: Oo. Malala.
R: Can you say that what you have experienced in Marawi worse (than usual)?
P: Yes, it’s definitely worse.
R: May pagkakaiba po ba sa pagkain ninyo kumpara doon sa marawi?
P: Doon kasi wala kang oras magluto doon eh. Minsan sa mga tindahan kami
kumakain doon. Minsan hindi maiwasan na mga spoiled na yung kinakain naming doon
kasi hindi din maiwasan.
R: Was there something different with your meals there in Marawi?
P: Back there (Marawi), we don’t have time to cook. Sometimes, we eat at the
(abandoned) stores. There are times too, that we don’t have a choice but to eat spoiled
food.
R: Married po kayo sir?
P: Opo. Dito din sya sa Laguna. Wala pang anak.
R: Are you already married, sir?
P: Yes. She is staying in Laguna but we don’t have children.
R: Ilang taon na po kayo sir
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P: 26 years old
R: How old are you sir?
P: 26 years old
R: Kamusta naman po yung relasyon ninyo ng asawa ninyo? Madalas po ba kayo
nagkikita?
P: Oo naman. Madalas naman kasi malapit lang sya dito
R: How is your relationship with your wife? Do you meet often?
P: Yes, we meet often because she lives nearby.
R: Noong nasa marawi po ba kayo may contact kayo?
P: Wala. Pero minsan kapag may tropa na pwede makitawag. Ganoon lang
R: Did you have contact with her when you were in Marawi?
P: It was only when I can ask one of my comrades if I can call through their phones.
R: Pag uwi po ba ninyo derecho po ba kayo dito?
P: Hindi dumaan pa kami sa Bulacan bago pumunta dito.
R: After your deployment, did you come here immediately?
P: No. We went to Bulacan first before proceeding here.
R: Ano po ba ang mga maikkwento ninyong kakaibang experience sa marawi?
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P: Parang magiging normal na lang sa iyo yung mga nakikita mong mga patay. Kahit
mga tropa mo.
R: Did you have unusual experiences when you were in Marawi?
P: Sometimes it feels normal to see dead bodies, even fallen comrades.
R: During po noong time na nasa battle kayo sir. Sino po ba yung mga inspirasyon
ninyo para bumalik sa manila
P: Yung pamilya syempre. Saka yung mga tropa na nandyan sila. Kailangan kasi
naming patunayan na kaya namin yung training saka ayung kaya naming iyon.
R: When you were in battle, who were your inspirations to come back to Manila?
P: My family, of course. Even my comrades who were there with me. We had to prove
(to others) that we could survive.
R: Paano po ba nakaapekto ang religion mo sir sa iyo noon
P: Wala naman
R: How did (the war) affect your religion?
P: There wasn’t much effect.
R:Sir ano po ba naiisip mo kapag sinabing “trauma”
P: Parang “war shock” sabi nila.
R: What comes to your mind whenever you hear the word “trauma”?
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P: It’s like “war shock”
R: Noong bumalik kayo dito sir ano po ba yung pagkakaiba ng buhay ninyo dito sa
buhay ninyo doon? Kapag napagkukwentuhan po ba ang Marawi ano po ba
nararamdaman ninyo?
P: Wala naman. Parang normal naman iyon sa amin.
R: When you came back here after the deployment, what changed about you? When
you talk about what happened in Marawi, how do you feel about it?
P: Nothing, really. It’s like a normal situation for me.
R: May maishshare po ba kayo tungkol sa experience ninyo sa marawi?
P: Noon kasi 5 days muna kami nagadjust sa Marawi. Ipinamilyar muna kami sa lugar.
Focus kami noon sa harap. Di naming alam na puputok pala noon sa kanan. Kaya yung
kasamahan naming tinamaan noon. Nakita naming sya na bumagsak noon.
R: Do you have something to share about your experience in Marawi?
P: It took us 5 days to get acquainted with the place. We were focusing on what was in
front then the militants would shoot from our right side. There was one comrade who got
shot and we saw him fall down.
R: Ano po naramdaman ninyo noon?
P: Una syempre yung takot. Pero kailangan mo gamitin yung training naming.
R: How did you feel then?
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P: I was afraid, at first. But we had to use the training that we had.
R: Ilang buwan na kayo simula nung nakauwi galling sa marawi
P: November pa kami ditto
R: How long has it been since you came back from Marawi?
P: We have been here since November
R: Ano po ba nagbago sa buhay ninyo dito
P: Noong galling kasi kami doon parang iba kaysa dito.
R: What changed in your life since then?
P: When we first arrived here, it felt so different from Marawi.
R: Naranasan mo po ba noon na may Nawala na tropa?
P: Oo meron. May dalawa akong namatay doon. Minsan naaalala ko sila kapag nakikita
sa mga picture na kasama sila, ayun, naaalala ko.
R: Did you experience losing a comrade (in Marawi)?
P: Yes, we lost two comrades. I always remember then whenever I see pictures of
them.
R: Ngayon po ba sir masasabi nyo po ban a msaya kayo sa buhay ninyo ngayon?
P: Oo.
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R: Can you say that you are happy with your life now?
P: Yes.
R:After ng marawi, nakakakain po ba kayo ng maayos? Kamusta yung health ninyo?
P:Normal naman. Parang wala naman nabago. Yung misis ko lang na kasama ko parati
kapag umuuwi ako.
R: After your experience in Marawi, are you able to eat properly? How is your health?
P: It’s all normal, and I don’t feel anything has changed. I have more time to be with my
wife now because I can come home more frequently.
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Participant #5 - TEROSE1921
Date: August 3,2018
Time: 11:00-11:30am
R: Good morning Ma’am.
P: Good morning din.
R: Good morning Ma’am.
P: Good morning too.
R:Nagkaroon na po ba kayo ng psych evaluation? Noong nasa Camp Capinpin po kayo
pagdating ninyo galling sa marawi?
P:Ako hindi na. Kasi nag schooling ako agad
R: Have you ever had a psychological evaluation during the time when you were in
Camp Capinpin after your time in Marawi?
P: I did not have any because I went to schooling immediately.
R:Ilang araw po kayo sa marawi
P:June to September
R: How long did you stay in Marawi?
P: From June to September
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R:After noon sa tingin nyo ba may nabago sa inyo?
P: Doon hindi ka talaga makatulog dahil sa araw araw na putukan
R: After your experience in Marawi, did something change in you?
P: In Marawi you can’t sleep because there’s always the risk of getting shot at.
R:Napapanaginipan nyo pa po ba yung giyera doon o okay na kayo agad?
P: Hindi syempre naaalala mo yung mga giyera dun. Pero pag nakakarinig ka ng balita
lalo na sa mga kasama mo doon, magiging open minded ka na lang.
R: Do you dream of the war that happened there or were you feeling fine right after the
war?
P: You recall what happened in the war, of course. But when you hear news about the
place, especially about your comrades who are still there, you just have to be open
minded.
R:May anak po ba kayo?
P:Meron
R: Do you have a child?
P: Yes.
R:Nasaan po yung baby ninyo?
P: Nandyan
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R: Di naman po kayo nabibigla kapag may naririnig kayo ng mga tunog
P:Hindi. Normal naman
R: Where is your baby staying at?
P: Around here.
R: Do you get startled when you hear loud noises?
P: Not really.
R:May mga nabago po ba kayo sa pananaw sa inyong buhay?Tama bang sabihin na
worst encounter doon sa marawi
P: Oo. Kasi giyera talaga doon. Dito kasi hindi mo maririnig yung mga encounter. Doon
kasi araw araw maririnig mo. Tapos gabi gabi nayanig yung higaan mo. Tapos
kinakabahan pa nga kami kasi naririnig mo palapit sila ng palapit.
R: Did your outlook in life change after your deployment? Is it safe to assume that it was
your worst encounter?
P: Yes. Because you can really feel the war there. You can hear the encounters
everyday. Then at night, you can feel your bed shaking. Then you feel more and more
nervous because you can hear the shootings come nearer.
R:Yung pagkanin nyo po ba nabago simula noon?
P:Sa marawi kasi limited yung pagkain saka iba yung lasa. Dito mas maayos kasi lahat
nung mga gusto mo kainin pwede.
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R: Did your eating habits change since then?
P: In Marawi, you food is limited and the taste is different. Unlike here, you can say that
the food is properly prepared and you can eat anything.
R:Noon umpisa sa Marawi paano kayo naka adapt doon?
P:Wala na kasi kami makain doon. Kaya matitiis na lang namin. Noong unang gabi
naming kumain kami ng hilaw. Iyung dinala kasi naming galling sa Iligan eh napanis.
Buti na lang may mga de lata kami na dala. Tapos after isang lingo wala na kaming
makain. Kung anon a lang ang mahanap nung mga senior namin ayun na lang yung
kakainin naming. Nakatikin na ba akyo nung pansit na kalabasa ang sahog? Sinigang
mix na hinaluan ng patola saka gabi. Basta madami. Yung hindi moa lam na pwede
palang makain yun.
R: At first, how were you able to adapt in Marawi?
P: We didn’t have anything to eat there so we had to suppress (our hunger). On the first
night, we had to eat raw food because the food that we had with us has gotten spoiled.
It’s a good thing that we had canned goods with us. Then, after a week, we ran out of
food to eat. We had whatever our superior could find. Have you ever had pancit that
had squash in it? Sinigang mix with patola, and so much more. We ate things that we
didn’t know can be eaten until then.
R:Kamusta naman ang pagtulog ninyo doon?
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P:Oo di kami makatulog. Umabot kami sa point na kakalabitin ka nung kasama mon a
umalis doon kasi delikado. Lilipat lang kami ng lugar kasi nakikitira lang kami doon sa
mga bahay na inalisan. Yung putukan kasi doon hindi katulad dito na isa isa. Doon kasi
diredirecho.
R: How was your sleeping pattern there?
P: We couldn’t sleep. We came to a point where one of your mates wakes you up so
you can change locations because it has become dangerous. The gunfires there are
continuous.
R:Gaano katagal yung putukan doon? Oras?
P:Hindi. Araw yun. Pahinga lang kami konti tapos putukan ulit. Noong unang gabi pa
nga naming natulog kami ng nakadapa kasi may narinig kaming putok. Akala naming
pinasok na yung tinutuluyan namin. Malapit kasi yung area naming doon. Tulay lang
ang pagitan.
R: How long do the gunfires last?
P: It lasts days. We can only rest for a short while then we have to join the battle again.
On our first night, we had to sleep on our stomachs because we can hear the shots
being fired. We thought that our hiding place has been compromised because we are
near the battlefield.
R:Ano naman po yung pinagbago nung buhay ninyo doon sa dito
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P:Madami. Doon kasi complicated. Doon kasi parang masikip. Dito maluwag na. Sa
akin noon iniisip ko yung baby ko dati kapag nakakarinig ako ng putok.
R: What changed in your life compared to your time in Marawi and here?
P: A lot. Back in Marawi, everything is complicated, like it’s too cramped. Here, there’s
more space. Back then, whenever I hear gunshots, I think of my baby.
R:Ilang months na yung baby ninyo nung umalis kayo?
P:11 months.
R: How old was your baby when you were deployed?
P: 11 months.
R:Binebreastfeed nyo yun?
P:Hininto ko po. Buti na lang pinayagan ako noongfirst birthday ng baby ko. Tapos
pinabalik ako sa marawi after ilang araw.
R: Did you breastfeed your baby?
P: I had to stop it. I was lucky that I was allowed to come home on my baby’s first
birthday. I was then called back to Marawi after a few days.
R:Kasi diba yung baby ninyo parang ayun na ang inspiration ninyo?
P:Oo
R: Is your baby your inspiration?
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P: Yes
R: Paano po ba ninyo dinedefine yung “trauma”?Matatawag mo ba yun na war shock?
P:Oo. Pero hindi pa naman ako talaga na war shock. Kasi sa tulong din nung mga
kasama ko na kinocomfort naming ang isa’t isa. Tatlo kasi kaming babae noon tapos
kapag meron na nawawalan na ng pag asa, ikaw sa sarili mo lalakasan mon a lang
yung loob mo. Kahit ikaw mismo nanghihina na din.
R: How do you define “trauma”? Can you call it war shock?
P: Yes, but I didn’t reallu experience what they call “war shock”. The comfort that we
received from eacah other helped us a lot. There were three of us (female soldiers)
then, and whenever one of us starts losing hope, you tell yourself to be strong even if
you feel like giving up yourself.
R:Ilang taon na po kayong sundalo?
P:5 years. Ayung area kasi naming kahit naglalakad ka lang pwede kang tamaan. Pero
hindi ko ipinapahalata sa kanila na natatakot ako. Dapat mayroong isa sa inyo n
amalakas ang loob. Parang iyong asawa ko. Sila talaga yung nasa loob. Mayroon na
nga silang narecover na katawan ng kasamahan nila. Pratai ko nga siyang tinatanong
kung kamusta. Ayun sinasabi niyang low morale na sya. Minsan nga hindi niya
sinasabi. Pero kahit sa personal hindi nya masabi kaya sa text na lang niya
pinaparating.
R: How long have you been in the Armed Forces?
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P: 5 years. The area that we were assigned to was so dangerous that you can’t even
walk carelessly. But I didn’t let my comrades see that I was also scared because there
should be at least one of you who is strong for the group. Just like my husband who was
destined inside the warzone, they have recovered some bodies of fellow soldiers. I
always ask him how he is. Sometimes he tells me that he and his comrades already
have low morale. Sometimes he doesn’t tell me anything in person, sometimes he tells
me through text.
R:Naranasan nyo na po ban a mawalan ng kasamahan?
P:Oo. May kasamahan kami na Nakita talaga naming kung saan siya tinamaan. Pero
expected na naming yun. Di ko naman sinasabing normal lang na matayan. Pero kasi
kasama na talga yun sa trabaho naming.
R: Have you experienced losing a comrade?
P: Yes. We had one comrade that we saw where he was hit. Though we already
expected that to happen. I’m not saying that it’s a normal occurrence, but we all know
that it is part of our job.
R:Paano po ba kayo nakapag cope?
P:Malaking tulong kasi yung may kasama ka. Dapat mayroon ka parating kausap.
Ayung nagtatawanan pa din. Yung kapag masama na loob mo kailangan mo ilabas.
R: How do you cope (with the loss)?
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P: Your comrades are a big help. You have to have someone to talk to and make jokes
with. Someone who can listen to your feelings.
R:Paano ninyo po nailalabas yung mga saloobin ninyo?
P:Sa biruan madalas, para mailabas mo yung mga emosyon mo.
R: How do you express your feelings?
P: We joke with each other sometimes to lighten the mood.
R;Paano nagbago ang religion mo noon sa marawi
P:Hindi naman ako nakakita ng galit sa mga kristyano noon. Noong may mga
nirerescue kasi kami, kami ang unang mga sumasalubong. Parati naman silang
nagpapasalamat. Noong nagpupunta naman kami sa Iligan, may mga nagbibigay sa
amin ng mga pagkain. Minsan hindi moa lam kung sino nagbigay ng pagkain mo.
Madami kasing tao doon.
R: How was your religion affected by your stay in Marawi?
P: I didn’t meet anyone who was anti-Christian there. When we rescued people, we
were the first ones who welcomed them into the safe zone. They always thank us, and
when we go to Iligan City, there are people who give us food. There are those whom
you don’t even know who gives you food.
R:May epekto po ba yung mga narerescue ninyo na tao
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P:Syempre. Lalo na kami, mga babae kami. Parang mas pinagkakatiwalaan kami ng
mga tao. Parang ikaw na yung comfort nila. Minsan kapag kailangan ng maoospital,
kami nagdadala.
R: Whenever you rescue people, does it affect you?
P: Of course. Especially for us since we are women. People trust us more and
sometimes go to you for comfort. Sometimes, even, when there’s someone who needs
to be hospitalized, we are the ones who assists them.
R: May mga ospital ban a nasira?
P:Yung mga gamit lang naman, Pero may operation pa din.
R: Are the hospitals there damaged?
P: Some of the equipment, yes. But the operation is still ongoing.
R: Buti ang mga nurse at doctor doon hindi umalis
P:Hindi naman. Pero kasi ung Maute ang pinapatay nila ayung mga kristyano. Kaya sa
mga doctor din minsan pinapatakas naming yung mga kristyano.
R: It’s a good thing that the doctors and nurses did not go.
P: They stay. But sometimes because of the militants, we let the Christian (hospital
staff) escape.
R:Dapat pala doon nagpapanggap ka na muslim
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P:Hindi ka din makakapagpanggap doon kasi pinagsasalita ka nila ng Maranaw. Kapag
hindi ka marunong papatayin ka nila. May mga kasama nga kami noon na 2 buwan
nang nandoon, naglakas loob lang siya na tumakas
R: Was there a need to fake being a Muslim?
P: You can’t fake being a Muslim thre because they ask you to speak in Maranaw. If
you can’t speak that, they kill you. We have people there who has been there for 2
months already and only gathered their courage to escape when we came.
R: Nabanggit po ninyo na nagaral kayo agad pagkatapos nung sa Marawi. Hindi ba
kayo nadidistract noon?
P:Syempre nadidistract ako kasi andoon yung asawa ko.
R: You mentioned that you studied right after your deployment in Marawi. Don’t you get
distracted?
P: Of course I get distracted because my husband is still there.
R: Pero yung mga experience ninyo doon hindi nyo ba naaalala?
P:Naalala. Lalo na kapag naririnig mo yung sa balita. Pagbalik ko dito tapos Nakita ko
sila sa TV, naluluha ako, sabi ko di na ako babalik sa Marawi. Naaalala ko din yung
mga tropa doon na naiwan kasi nauna ako umuwi. \
R: Do you still remember your experiences there?
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P: Of course I do. Especially when I hear news about the place. When I first came back
here and I see the news on TV, I get teary-eyed, and told myself that I am never going
back to Marawi. I can remember my comrades who were left there because I was one
of the first ones to be sent home.
R: Naapektuhan ba yung tulog mo noon?
P:Syempre nahihirapan minsan dahil andoon nga yung asawa ko. Pero hindi naman
kami nawawalan ng communication. Para malaman na safe sya.
R: Was your sleep pattern different since then?
P: Of course because I still think about my husband who is still there. But we make sure
that we don’t lose communication so I know that he’s safe.
R:Noong nagaaral ba kayo bago ba ang tingin sa inyo ng mga tao?
P:Hindi ko naman sinabi sa kanila noon. Kasi binabansagan nila na “Marawi Warrior”
R: When you were studying, did your other comrades look at you differently?
P: I didn’t tell them that I was deployed in Marawi because they call us “Marawi Warrior”
R:Ano po ba ang meron kapag tinaawag kayo na “Marawi Warrior”
P:Wala naming iba. Parepareho kasi kaming sundalo kaya walang mas mataas o
mababa.
R: What does “Marawi Warrior” mean?
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P: Nothing much. Because we are all soldiers who are equal.
R:Nakikita ninyo ba po yung support ng ibang tropa?
P:Oo naman lalo na sa aming mga babae. Sinusuportahan din nila kami kasi syempre
iba padin ang lakas ng lalaki. Kapag tumatakbo kami, sinisiguro nilang safe kaming mga
babae. Noong papunta pa lang kami sa marawi tinanong ako nung commander ko kung
sasama ako sa kanila kasi may anak ako. Sumama ako kasi andoon din yung asawa
ko. Saka naisip ko yung tropa na kailangan ng tao. Dalawa lang kasi silang babae kaya
sumama talaga ako sa kanila.
R: Did you feel your troopmates’ support?
P: Of course. Especially with us female sodliers. They support us because they know
that even if we are strong, men are still stronger. Whenever we are on the run, they
make sure that we are safe. Before we were deployed to Marawi, my commander asked
me if I wanted to come because I have a baby. I went with them because my husband
was there and I thought of my comrades who needs me. There were only two female
soldiers then that’s why I wanted to come along.
R: Ano po yung mga natutunan ninyo sa Marawi?
P:Sa trabaho, hindi dito katulad sa Luzon na parelax relax lang. Pagdating doon hindi
pwede iyan. Nung unang araw kasi naming noon, kahit alam naming wala nang tao
doon kailangan parati naming iassume na may tao doon na pwedeng irescue. Sa
pamilya naman, talagang sinulit ko yung oras ko na kasama ko yung baby ko. Kasi
noong umuwi ako sa birthday nya parang hindi na niya ako kilala. Ang sabi sa akin ng
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ate ko kapag daw uuwi ka ng bahay na matagal ka Nawala dapat dadating ka ng
madaling araw o gabi. Huwag kang dadating ng gising ang anak mo dahil hindi sila
sasama sa inyo. Pero kapag tinulugan mo siya na katabi nya, pag gising niya ikaw ang
makikita, mas makikilala ka niya. Ang ginagawa noong kambal ko noon, sa iba muna
sya matutulog. Mas sumasama nga siya doon sa tita niya kasi kilala nya yung boses.
R: What did you learn in Marawi?
P: At work, unlike here in Luzon that we can relax, you can’t do that in Marawi. On our
first day there, even if we knew that it was abandoned, we had to assume that there are
still people there whom we can still rescue. Then about my family, I make sure that I
make the most of every minute I spend with my baby. When I went home for her first
birthday, she didn’t even recognize me.My older sister told me not to come home when
my baby was awake because she won’t come with me. So I had to come at night and
sleep beside her so when she wakes up, I’m the first one she sees. What my twin sister
does is that she’d stay at a different house so my baby and I can bond together
because my baby knows her more than she knows me.
R:Sa health po ba ninyo, paano naapektuhan?
P:Sa mental health, okay naman ako. Kasi open akong tao.
R: How about your health, how did it change?
P: Mentally, I think I’m okay because I’m open minded.
R:Sa physical po ba?
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P:Sa physical naman ganoon pa din sa dati. Normal naman sa amin yung ganun na
training.
R: How about your physical health?
P: Physically, it’s the same. That kind of training is already normal for us.
R:Sa emotional po?
P:Kapag naririnig koyung mga balita sa Marawi, naalala ko yung lahat ng mga Nakita ko
doon, pati yung mga naranasan ko. Naluluha ako kapag naririnig ko ang mga balita
tungkol doon.
R: How about you emotional aspect?
P: When I hear news about Marawi, I can remember everything that I saw and
experienced there. I still get teary-eyed whenever I hear the news about that place.
R:Paano po ninyo naoovercome iyon?
P:Gumagawa na lang ako ng mga bagay. Para hindi ko masyadong maisip. Kaya lang
kasi kapag naririnig ko talaga yung balita, hindi na mawala sa isip ko iyan. Pero ayoko
kasi na ipakitang naluluha ako. Nakakhiya kasi.
R: How do you overcome these feelings?
P: I try to distract myself so I don’t think about it too much. But whenever I hear the
news, I can’t take it out of my head anymore. But I didn’t want to show that I get teary-
eyed because I feel ashamed.
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R:Sa pakikisama ba po may pagbabago naman?
P:Wala naming pagbabago. Iyung mga kasama ko kasi doon, sila pa din mga kasama
ko ngayon. Sa mga magulang naman, yung Mama ko naman mejo OA. Parati yung
nagtetext sa akin, parati akong kinakamusta. Minsan hindi ko alam kung ako o yung
anak ko ang kinakamusta eh.
R: How about inter-personal relationships?
P: Nothing really changed because the ones I was with in Marawi are the ones I’m still
with here. Regarding my parents, on the other hand, they are still worried. My mother
always sends me text messages asking me how I am, there are even times when I don’t
know if she’s asking about me or my daughter.
R:Yung performance po ba ninyo sa tingin ninyo nagimprove.
P:Oo naman. Kasi doon kailangan talaga trabaho, hindi pwede parelax relax lang.
Kunyari noon kapag binalita sa amin na may irerescue kami na tao, excited na kami
niyan kasi makikita na namin yung mga tao na nasasave naming. Kasi doon nakikita
naming yung mga buhay pero nababalitaan din naming yung mga namamatay sa
putukan. Nanay din kasi ako kaya nung Nakita ko yung baby na nawalan ng mama,
paano na yung bata, edi namatay na siya sa gutom.
R: Do you think your performance improved?
P: Yes. Because back in Marawi, we always had to work and we couldn’t relax. When
we hear news of people in need of rescue, we get excited because we can save people.
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Because back there when you see people who are alive, it makes you happy. I’m also a
mother so I worry about the babies that I see whose mothers died, and I worry that they
will die of hunger.
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Participant #6 - DAMIT2810
Date: August 3,2018
Time: 11:30-12:00am
R:Gaano kayo katagal doon?
P:Mga 4 to 5 months
R: How long did you stay there (Marawi)?
P: About 4 to 5 months
R:Nag pysch evaluation ba kayo?
P:oo. Mga 3-4 days iyon sa VLuna
R: Did you receive any psychological evaluation?
P: Yes. It took us about 3 to 4 days at VLuna
R:Ano mga ginawa ninyo?
P:kinausap lang kami about sa mga nangyari sa amin doon, May pinasagutan tapos
ayun lang
R: What did you do (during the evaluation)?
P: They just talked to us about what happened there. We also answered some
questionnaires.
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R:Gaano na kayo katagal noong umuwi dito
P:6 months
R: How long has it been since you came back from Marawi?
P: 6 months
R:Ano napansin mong nagbago sa sa sarili mo?
P;Same lang naman Walang nagbago
R: What changes have you noticed about yourself?
P: Nothing really changed.
R:Kapag naririnig mo yung salitang trauma ano naiisip mo?
P:Sa tingin ko, shock. Pero hindi sa akin nangyari iyon. Bago kasi kami pinadala sa
Marawi handa kami Kasama kasi sa training naming yun.
R: When you hear the word “trauma”, what comes to mind?
P: In my opinion, it’s shock. But I don’t think that happened to me because before we
were sent to Marawi, we are well equipped because it was part of our training.
R:Maituturing ninyo ba na yung Marawi ang worst experience ninyo
P:Oo. Kumpara sa mga iba. Kasi doon real yung mga nangyayari doon. Pero kaya
naman kasi sama sama kami.Saka kung ano man ang mangyari samin doon, secure na
kami.
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R: Can you consider your experience in Marawi the wost one you had?
P: Yes, compated to others I have experienced. In Marawi, what you experience is real.
But we know we can survive because we are together. And we know that whatever
happens to us there, we are secure.
R:Dumating ka bas a point na nawalan ka na ng pagasa?
P: May mga time na syempre malungkot kasi malayo kami sa pamilya. Tapos minsan
walang signal saka focus ka kasi doon dahil madaming ligaw nab ala. Pero sanay na
kami kasi kasama na sa trabaho naming iyon.
R: Did you come to a point where you felt like losing hope?
P: There are times that I felt sad because I am away from my family. Sometimes there
isn’t even cellular service and we always have to focus because you can be hit by
bullets anytime. But we are used to it already because it is part of our job.
R:Paano ba ang training na ginawa ninyo noon?
P:Sinanay na kasi kami sa hirap noong training pa lang kaya hindi na kami nagulat sa
Marawi
R: What kind of training did you receive?
P: We are used to the hardships even back during training so it didn’t shock us when it
really happened in Marawi.
R: Hindi naman kayo nawalan ng koneksyon sa mga pamilya at love life ninyo?
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P:Nakakatawag naman minsan, kamustahan, ganoon. Naiintindihan naman niya kasi
parehas kaming sundalo.
R: Did you ever lose contact with your loved ones?
P: Sometimes we’re able to call. My husband understands that we can’t always talk
because she is also a soldier.
R:Ano ang pinaka worst na experience mo sa Marawi?
P:Nursing graduate kasi ako sa perpetual., nakasakay kami sa ambulance noon na
nagsasagip ng mga civilian na naipit doon sa loob
R: What was your worst experience in Marawi?
P: I am a Nursing graduate from College of Perpetual Help, so I am assigned in the
ambulance, and we have to rescue civilians who were stuck in the warzone.
R:Ano ang nararamdaman ninyo noong mga panahon na iyon
P;Kinakabahan pa din, siyempre. Mapapadasal ka na lang minsan na “lord ikaw na
bahala”. Pero kapag nakakakita naman kami ng mga tropa doon, parang tumataas ulit
yung morale mo.
R: What were you feeling at the time?
P: I still get nervous, of course. Sometimes you just have to pray and have faith. But
whenever we see our fellow comrades, our morale increases.
R:Kamusta naman po and relationship ninyo sa diyos
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P: Mas naging malapit ako kay God kasi noong nandoon ako, akala ko hindi na din ako
makakauwi. Kaya ngayon nagpapasalamat ako na nakauwi ako.
R: How is your relationship with God?
P: I became closer to the Lord because during the time I was there, I thought I won’t be
able to come home anymore. That’s why I am so thankful to him now.
R: Paano moba idedescribe ang Marawi noon
P: Ang nadatnan naming noon ay yung mga sira sira na mga bahay at gamit, Butas
butas na mga bubong at sabog sabog.
R: How can you describe Marawi then?
P: What we arrived at were the broken houses and things. Roofs and walls were full of
bullet holes and remnants of explosives.
R:Relief basa iyo na may nililigtas ka?
P:Oo, may time na nailigtas naming iyung 5 months old na bata kasama yung nanay
nya. Nung hinawakan ko yung bata ngiting ngiti lang siya, kasi ano ng aba yung alam
niya. Nung nailigtas naming siya gutom na gutom siya. Nakaka high morale iyon
syempre kasi may nailigtas ka na bata
R: Is it a relief when you are able to save people?
P: Yes. There was a time when we were able to save a 5-month-old baby with his
mother. When I held the baby, he was smiling at me because you know he’s innocent.
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When we were able to rescue him, he was so hungry. Being able to save that baby
gives us high morale.
R:Syempre hindi lahat naililigtas. Ano ang nararamdaman mo kapag may nakikita ka na
hindi ninyo nailigtas?
P:Noong time kasi sa Marawi, ang mga tropa naming lahat ng nililigtas dinadala agad
naming sa pinaka malapit na ospital.
R: Of course you cannot save everyone. How do you feel when you see people that you
weren’t able to save?
P: During my time in Matawi, everyone we save is immediately brought to the hospital.
R:Ano yung ginagawa mo kapag pakiramdam mo hindi mo nagawa iyung dapat mong
gawin
P:Ayun gagawin ko pa rin yung best ko. Kasi trabaho ko iyon. Ano man yung mangyari,
gawin mo pa din yung trabaho mo.
R: What do you do when you feel like you didn’t do your job?
P: I still do my best because it’s my job. Whatever happens, I still have to do my job.
R:Ano yung mga karaniwan mong ginagawa kapag low morale ka na
P:Nakikipag kuwentuhan sa mga kasama kong babae
R: What do you usually do when you already have low morale?
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P: I talk to my fellow female soldiers
R:Paano ba naglalabas ng emosyon ang mga babaeng sundalo
P:Nagkukuwentuhan lang naman.
R: How do female soldiers express their feelings?
P: We just talk to each other and tell stories.
R:Nakakrelease naman ba ng stress ang pakikipagkuwentuhan
P:Oo naman
R: Does talking to others relieve stress?
P: Yes.
R:Paano ang pagkain ninyo doon?
P:May supporta naman kami sa area noon. Iyung mga Army na nagbibigay ng rasyon
ng pagkain. Iyung mga iba din naming tropa binibigyan kaming mga babae ng pagkain
saka mga gamit
R: How about you meals there?
P: We have support in the area where I was assigned. There are those from the Army
that gives us rations of food. There are also other comrades who gives us female
soldiers food and clothes.
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R: Nakakahigh morale ban a nakikita na ang mga Pilipino ay nagpapasalamat sa mga
sundalo
P:Oo, syempre kapwa mo Pilipino yun nakaka high morale pa.
R: Does it affect your morale when your fellow Filipinos thank you?
P: Of course because it’s your fellow country men and it helps us have high morale
R: Kapag ba high morale mas maganda ang mga serbisyo?
P:Oo naman.
R: If you have high morale, does it improve your service?
P: Of course.
R:Kamusta ba iyung family mo noon ipinadala ka sa Marawi
P:Tumawag yung nanay ko noon, nagulat siya na nasa Marawi ako. Sobrang nagalala
sila, pero nasanay na din sila kasi halos araw araw sila tumatawg. Pamilya na din kami
kasi ng mga sundalo. Ang tatay ko retired Army, tapos yung kuya ko din pulis.
R: How did your family react when you were sent to Marawi?
P: My mother called me then because she was shocked that I was sent to Marawi. They
were so worried but soon got used to it because they call me almost everyday. I am
from a family of soldiers so they are used to it.
R:Ano iyung mga natutunan mo doon sa marawi
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P:Natutunan ko paano makisama sa mga tao, sa mga muslim, kung paano makibagay.
Nagamit ko din ang mga skills ko doon ng sobra sobra. Basta kasama ko naman iyung
mga tropa saka iyung armas ko, kaya naman naming.
R: What did you learn in Marawi?
P: I learned how to get along with others, even with our Muslim fellowmen. I was also
able to use my skills there. As long as I am with my troop and my weapon, we can
survive.
R:Sa tingin ninyo mam sino and mga vulnerable sa PTSD
P:tingin ko mas maapektuhan iyung mga civilian lalo na iyung mga bata saka ang mga
teenager.
R: In your opinion, who are the ones vulnerable to PTSD?
P: I think the ones who are mostly affected are the civilians especially the children and
teenagers.
R:Sa tingin ninyo sa military sino and vulnerable sa PTSD
P:Pantay pantay na kasi kami. Sanay na kaming lahat doon.
R: How about in the military, who are vulnerable to PTSD?
P: We think we are all equals and we are all used to situations like that.
R:Sa mga baguhan po ba
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P:Hindi naman. Kasama na kasi sa training noon.
R: How about with the new soldiers?
P: I don’t think they are vulnerable because it is part of their training
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Participant #7: Sipol1456
Date: August 3,2018
Time: 10:30-11:00am
R: Magandang tanghali po sir. Una po sa lahat nagpapasalamat po kami sa pag unlak
po ninyo sa aming isasagawang interview.
R: Kinagagalak kong makatulong sainyo.
R: Good afternoon sir. First of all, we would like to thank you for accommodating us as
we are about to conduct an interview.
P: It is my pleasure to be able to help each one of you.
R: Uumpisahan ko na po sir. Bale magpopokus po kami sa dekalidad ng inyong
pamumuhay bago mag umpisa ang giyera sa Marawi at pagkatapos nito.
P: Sige po ma’am magtanong na po kayo.
R: I will start now sir. We will focus on your quality of life before and after the war in
Marawi.
P: Okay ma’am you can start asking now.
R: Bago po ang giyera sa Marawi, handa po ba kayong mapasabak doon?
P: Sa totoo lang di kami handa. Ang sabi lang kasi samin noon magti-training lang kami
tapos after one week bigla nalang sinabi samin na ipapadala kami sa Marawi.
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R: Before the war in Marawi, are you prepared to be deployed?
P: To be honest we’re not prepared. They told us we will just train but then after one
week we were suddenly told that we were to be deployed to Marawi.
R: Pano nyo po ito nasabi sa pamilya nyo?
P: Hindi ko na sinabi agad sa asawa ko kasi alam kong pag aawayan lang naming,
pauuwiin nya ako sa sobrang pag aalala eh ito naman ang tungkulin ko.
R: How did you inform your family about it?
P: I never told my wife earlier during that time because I know we will just have some
arguments, she might tell me to go home for the reason that she’s so worried but this is
my job.
R: Nung nandun na po kayo sa Marawi, kamusta naman po ang pagkain niyo at tulog,
maayos naman po ba?
P: Hindi ako makakain ng maayos nun kasi syempre ang nasa isip ko buong araw yung
giyera. Hindi rin ako makatulog kasi anytime pwede nilang paulanan ng bala yung
pwesto namin.
R: In Marawi, how do you eat and sleep well? Is it fine?
P: I wasn’t able to eat well because my mind was so clouded with the thoughts of the
war. I wasn’t also able to sleep well because anytime they might attack our spot as they
shower us with bullets.
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R: Ano ano po naging problema ninyo nung kasagsagan ng giyera sir?
P: Time. Iba kasi demands ng mga nakakataas samin ang gusto nila ora orada kapag
nag utos eh hindi naman handa yung mga bata ko nung mga araw na yun.
R: What are the problems that you faced during the war sir?
P: Time. The demands of the soldiers in the higher position were different. Once they
instruct, they want it to be done fast but my comrades are not prepared during that day.
R: Nasolusyunan naman po ba sir?
P: Oo. Ginawan ko nalang ng paraan agad.
R: Was it resolved sir?
P: Yes. I just made a resolution right away.
R: Kamusta naman po pananampalataya nyo sa Panginoon nung kasagsagan ng
giyera sir?
P: Naging mas madasalin ako. Kasi wala ka naming ibang makakapitan kundi ang
Diyos lang.
R: How was your faith to God during the war sir?
P: I prayed more often. We have no one to hold on to, but to God only.
R: Nang matapos ang giyera at nakauwi na kayo sir, ano ano po ang naging epekto nito
sainyo?
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P: Pag uwi medyo tulala pa ako tsaka lagi kong naaalala yung mga pangyayari nung
giyera.
R: When the war was finished and you were able to go back sir, what are its effects to
you?
P: When I went back I was just staring blankly and I often remember the happenings
during the war.
R: Nakatulong naman po ba yung stress debriefing na isinagawa sa inyong kampo?
P: Malaking tulong samin kasi kahit papano dun naming nailalabas yung sama ng loob
namin at nakakagaan sa pakiramdam.
R: Is the stress debriefing that was conducted to your camp helpful?
P: It was a big help because at least we were able to express our deep emotions and it
feels better.
R: Kamusta na po kalagayan ninyo ngayon sir?
P: Masasabi kong okay na ako.
R: How’s your condition now sir?
P: I can say that I am fine now.
R: Sa mga pinagdaanan nyo po sa giyera sir, ano po ang natutunan ninyo?
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P: Natutunan kong pahalagahan yung mga kasama ko sa trabaho. Kasi sa kasagsagan
ng giyera wala naming ibang magtutulungan kundi kami kami din lang.
R: Of all the circumstances that you have faced during the battle sir, what are your
learnings?
P: I learned to give importance to my co-workers. Because during the war, it will be just
us who’ll help one another.
R: Dito na po magtatapos ang aming interview sir. Maraming maraming salamat po sa
panahon na inilaan ninyo.
P: Salamat din.
R: This is where the interview will be finished sir. Thank you very much for the time that
you have given to us.
P: Thank you also.
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Participant #8: Angel1234
Date: August 3,2018
Time: 11:00-11:30am
R: Magandang tanghali po ma’am. Una po sa lahat nagpapasalamat po kami sa pag
unlak po ninyo sa aming isasagawang interview.
P: Magandang tanghali din. Buti naman at nakakatulong ako.
R: Good afternoon ma’am. First of all we would like to thank you for accommodating us
as we are about to conduct an interview.
P: Good afternoon also. I’m glad that I was able to help.
R: Uumpisahan ko na po ma’am. Bale magpopokus po kami sa dekalidad ng inyong
pamumuhay bago mag umpisa ang giyera sa marawi at pagkatapos nito.
P: Sige po.
R: I will start now ma’am. We will focus on the quality of your life before and after the
war in Marawi.
P: Okay.
R: Bago po ang giyera sa Marawi, handa po ba kayong mapasabak doon?
P: Hindi. Ang akala ko kasi noon training lang. Di ko ineexpect na diretso na kami agad
sa Marawi.
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R: Before the war in Marawi, are you prepared to be deployed there?
P: No. I thought it’s just training. I never expected that we will go to Marawi right away.
R: Pano nyo po ito nasabi sa pamilya nyo?
P: Hindi ko na sinabi agad kasi sigurado mag aalala mga magulang ko.
R: How did you inform your family?
P: I never told them right away because for sure they will worry.
R: Nung nandun na po kayo sa Marawi, kamusta naman po ang pagkain niyo at tulog,
maayos naman po ba?
P: Hindi ako makakain ng mga hayop na kinatay kasi naaalala ko mga nakikita kong
pinatay. Di rin ako makatulog kasi baka paulanan kami ng bala.
R: In Marawi, how do you eat and sleep well? Is it fine?
P: I can’t eat slaughtered animals because it reminds me of the killed people. I also
can’t sleep because they might shower us with bullets.
R: Ano ano po naging problema ninyo nung kasagsagan ng giyera ma’am?
P: Naging problema ko lang yung location naming zero visibility hirap akong puntiryahin
mga kalaban.
R: What are the problems that you faced during the war ma’am?
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P: The only problem is our location because it’s zero visibility, we can’t detect our
opponents.
R: Nasolusyunan naman po ba?
P: Oo naman sa awa ng Diyos.
R: Was it resolved?
P: Yes with God’s grace.
R: Kamusta naman po pananampalataya nyo sa Panginoon nung kasagsagan ng
giyera ma’am?
P: Mas lumaki yung pananampalataya ko sa Panginoon at dasal lang ako ng dasal.
R: How’s your faith with God during the war ma’am?
P: My faith increased and I prayed more often.
R: Nang matapos ang giyera at nakauwi na kayo ma’am, ano ano po ang naging epekto
nito sainyo?
P: Pag uwi tahimik pa ako nun hindi gaanong nagsasalita kasi naaalala ko yung giyera.
R: After the war and as you went back, what are the effects to you ma’am?
P: When I went back I kept silent as I recalled the war.
R: Nakatulong naman po ba yung stress debriefing na isinagawa sa inyong kampo?
P: Nakatulong yun samin kasi kung di dahil dun hindi pa kami okay sa ngayon.
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R: Is the stress debfriefing helpful to your camp?
P: It was helpful because if not because of it, we’re still not fine up until now.
R: Kamusta na po kalagayan ninyo ngayon ma’am?
P:Okay naman na ako ngayon.
R: How’s your condition now ma’am?
P: I’m fine.
R: Sa mga pinagdaanan nyo po sa giyera ma’am, ano po ang natutunan ninyo?
P: Natutunan kong mas pag igihan pa at mas magsikap sa trabaho kasi ito ang panata
ko.
R: Of all the circumstances that you have faced during the war ma’am? What are your
learnings?
P: I learned to improve and strive harder in my job because this is my dedication.
R: Dito na po magtatapos an gaming interview ma’am. Maraming maraming salamat po
sa panahon na inilaan ninyo.
P: Salamat din po.
R: I will end the interview now ma’am. Thank you so much for your time.
P: Thank you also.
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Respondent #9 JP1519
Date: August 3,2018
Time: 11:30-12:00am
R: Sir, Ilang taon napo kayo sa serbisyo?
P: 8 years
R: Sir, How long you are in your service?
P: 8 years
R: Ano po ang line of duty ninyo o saan po kayo na assign?
P: Mortal Squad
R: What is the line of your duty and where did you assigned?
P: At Mortal Squad
R: Sir diba po nagkaroon po kayo ng seminar o activity tungkol sa stress debriefing

kamusta po ang naging resulta nito sainyo?
P: Sa stress debriefing or stress management malaki din ang naging epekto o tulong
nito sa naging experience nmin sa gera dahil dito nailalabas mo yung stress at ito ang
way din na yung makarecover ka, at mawala ang daladala mo na hirap sa mga
nangyari.
R: Sir, I thought that you have a seminar or activity about stress debriefing? What
happened to the result?
P: On the stress debriefing or stress management there was a big impact or big help on
our experience that happened on war, through these you can released all stress or pain
that you felt, and this is the way to recover and eased all the pain that happened..
N: Sir ano ano po ba ang naging experience ninyo na naka apekto po sainyo?
P: Noong unang araw ko talaga dun eh sobrang nahirapan talaga ako kasi gera talaga
eh, lalo na magadjust sa pagtulog, at takot kasi hindi ko alam kung makakabalik pa ako
ng buhay sa pamilya ko.
N: Sir what are those experiences that happened on you and what affects you more?
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P: On my first day I felt so hard because it was a war, and also it’s not easy to adjust on
my sleep, and I’m afraid if I will come back alive to my family.
R: Sir may sarili napo ba kayong pamilya? Ilan po ang naging anak ninyo?
P: Meron na at may anak na ako isa, minsan na papaisip ako tuwing gabi kung buhay
pa ba akong babalik sa pamilya ko, siguro mga almost 1 week din na ganun, pero
tawag lagi ang ginagawa ko para makausap ko sila, para makabawas ang pagaalala ng
pamilya ko saakin kasi maliit pa ang anak ko eh, ito ang naging way ko para mawala o
mabawasn ang aking kalungkutan ko.
R: Sir are you married? How many kids do you have?
P: Yes I have only one kid, sometimes I’m thinking at night if I migth be back to my
family, maybe almost one week it happen, but I called them every day to communicate
and to eased all the worries of my family on me because my kids is just a little, and this
is my way to avoid or to ease my worries.
R: Pero Sir ano po ang nangyari o naging experience ninyo po nung andun po kayo sa
lugar kung saan po my gera?
P: Ang unang naging area naming medyo malayo mga 500 meters away madami
kasing ligaw na mga bala talaga o mga stray bullet, at iyon talaga ang nakakatakot kaya
ang ginawa namin eh lumipat kami ng pwesto na mas malaki na building para xempre
safety, tapos noong time na iyon mas malapit na talaga ang mga kalaban kaya during
ngkokompete kami o ng fifire formation nakahand cover kami madami kasing eroplano
dumadaan at ng babagsak ng bomba at meron nga kami na isang kasamahan si
Captain tinamaan siya sa braso so naging lesson din saamin iyon na dapat maging
alerto at maingat kami at full cover dapat talaga.
R: But Sir, what happened or what did you experience in the area that have a battled?
P: Our 1st area was so far maybe 500 meters away , many stray bullets it was so fearful
that’s why we change our location or area it was a big building for our safety, then there
was a time that our enemy was near on us that’s way during we are competing or
having a fire formation we use a hand cover because many airplane are passes and
bomb falls down and we have one comrade hit in the arm so it was a lesson on us to be
more alert and make a full cover up.
R: Sir noong andun po kayo sa gera ngkaroon po ba kayo ng struggle? Sa pasyensa o

sa time management ninyo? Ano po yung mga naging struggles ninyo during gera?
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P: Lahat naman kami gustong matapos na ang gera dahil madaming naapektuhan
tapos anduon pa ang balibalita na madami ang natrap na civilian at naaawa din kami
sa mga tao dun kaya pinadali na din naming na matapos ang gera dahil may tendency
na madamay ang mga hawak nilang hostages at may mga civilian kasi na bata,
matanda, at mga buntis. Meron nga ako nakausap sa palengke na isang civilian na
sinasabi na bakit hindi ninyo na lang tapusin o idamay na young mga hostages para
matapos na ang gera kasi sa totoo ginagamit sila ng mga ISIS parang ginagawa pa
silang slave
R: Sir, when you are on the battled area what struggles you a lot? On your patience or
time management? What are those struggles during a battled?
P: All of us want to finish the battled because many people are affected, many stories
that many civilian victim was trap and we felt pitiful on them that’s way we try to shorter
the battled and try to easily finish the war because there is a tendency that the hostages
and who are children, pregnant, elderly people.
R: Sir kamusta po ang naging relasyon sa pamilya ninyo? Nakapagpaalam po ba kayo

sa pamilya or biglaan po ang alis ninyo?
P : Bali biglaan yun eh, tapos ngkaroon kami ng asawa ko ng hindi pagkakaintindihan
syempre hindi naman magiging maliwanag kaagad yan sa asawa ko, nagulat nalang
siya na anduon na agad ako na at noong unang isang linggo ko dun ngkaroon kami ng
conflict ayaw na kasi niya ako dun sabi nga niya padadalhan niya nalang ako ng
pamasahe sabi ko na hindi pwede Hanggang sa ngkalabuan na kami at sinabi niya na
cge jan ka nalang bahala kana jan ang tagal din naming walang komunikasyon.
R: Sir how’s your relationship with your family? Did you inform your family or suddenly
go arrived.
P: Actually it is unexpected, after that we have misunderstanding between me and my

wife, of course she will not easily understand it, and she was shock that im already on
the area, on my 1st week we have a conflict because she doesn’t want me to stay there
and he told me that she will send me a money to go back home but I said that it not
easy. Then she told me that okay stay there. Then we don’t have any communication
after that.
R: Eh di Sir mas lalong nadagdagan ang isipin ninyo po naduring gera e tapos
nagkaroon pa kayo ng problema ng asawa ninyo?
P: Oo xempre nahirapan din ako dahil hindi lang ang trabaho ko ang iisipin kundi kung
may mababalikan pa ba akong pamilya. Ever since kasi ayaw na talaga ng asawa ko na
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maging army ako noong dati palang na civilian ako ayaw na talaga niya pero ang sa
side ko e puro army kaya may tendency talaga magarmy ako sabi ko unawaain niya na
lang ako kaya minsan hindi nalang ako nakikipagtalo ngayon e iisipin ko muna ang sarili
ko safety first muna ako dito idagdag ko pa sa isipin ang pagtatalo naming,kaya nga
sinsabi ko sa kanya e ipag pray mo nalang ako ditto
R: So it means Sir that while you are in the battle something is troubled you also about
your wife?
P: Yes it’s so hard for me while I am in the battle I am also thinking if I still have a family
when I’m back. From the beginning my wife don’t want me to be an army but its my
family inheritance to be an army that’s why there is a big chances for me to become an
army also, and I ask her to be more understanding but there are sometimes that we’ve
got troubled. But now I have to think of my safety first rather than thinking of our
problems, that’s why I am asking her to pray for me.
R: Sir kamusta naman po yuong pakikiasama ninyo o ang naging relasyon ninyo po sa
katrabaho ninyo po?
P: Okay naman yung pakikisama ko at minomotivate namin sarili namin na

magtutulungan kami kasi kung magaaway pa kami walang magandang maidudulot kaya
wlaa naman nabuong conflict sa amin ng mga kasamahan ko at naging maganda
naman ang pakikitungo ko sa kanila.
R: Sir how is your relationship with your comrades?
P: We are good and we keep on motiuvating that we will help each one another
because if we will keep on fighting its nothing to do with us. There’s nothing conflict
between all of us.
R: May changes po ba sa health ninyo simula sumabak po kayo sa gera?
P: Eto nangayayat, nakakakain naman pero hindi ganun makakain ng maayos kasi sa
puyat din dahil sa gabi sa gabi naririnig mo e putukan na talaga.
R: Is there any changes in your health since you’ve been in the battle?
P: I become thin, I was able to eat but we don’t appetite because of sleepless nights
and we heard boming through all the night.
R: Sir mga ilang oras lang po ba ang nagiging tulog ninyo?
P: Noong unang buwan namin wala masyado kasi sa gabi magduduty at kaylangan
alert ka din siguro mga tulog naming e mga 4 hours lang. sa umaga walang tulog dahil
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bawal matulog at all force kaylangan sa gabi tulog konti tapos duty paulit ulit na ganun
same lang ang routine.
R: How many hours did you sleep?
P: On the first month of our being there we have a night duty and maybe we just sleep
for 4 hours, and during morning we are not allowed to sleep because we need to be at
full force.
R: Sir noong stress debriefing ano po ang mga natutunan ninyo at ano po ang naging
benefits po nito sainyo?
P: Ang isa palang nakakarelive ng stress is iyong meron ka dapat nkakausap kasi
pagsarili mo lang e lalala lang pwede pa na mgdulot na mabaliw ka.
R: Sir during stress defriefing what did you learned and what is the benefit of this to
you?
P: I learned that the most stress reliever is to share to others because if you will just
remain silent it maybe cause mental disorder.
R: Sir ano po ang relihiyon ninyo po?
P: Katoliko ako
R: Sir what is your religion?
P: Roman Catholic
R: Sir noong time na my gera naging matibay po ba ang faith ninyo po kay God?
P: Oo naman naging panata ako kay lord, everytime na matutulog at pagkagising dapat
magdasa. kasi dasal lang tlaga ang number one na mkakatulong e hindi ko tlga
winawala sa loob ko ang magdasal kasi siya lang ang gagabay lalo na sa sitwasyon ko
dito.
R: During the battle did your faith become deep to God?
P: Of course I promise to God, everytime I sleep and wake up in the morning I pray.
Because prayer is the number one helping us and I remain faithful because he is the
only one eho will guide me in that situation.
R: Sir yuong pagkabalik ninyo po ngayon dito o sa headquarter paano po kayo

nagadjust sa stress na naramdaman ninyo po?
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P: Nuong unang araw ko dito akala ko andoon pa din ako kasi may tendency……, O
pag nkakadinig kami ng eroplano na malapit lang ang tunog akala namin e merong mga
kalaban malaking impact padin siya na akala mo andun ka pa pero andito napala kami.
R: Sir when you came back here in your headquarter how did you cope to the stressed
that you felt?
P: On the first day I felt like I’m still there and there is a tendency….., or when we heard
an airplane nearly we felt like there is an enemy and it is a big empact to us that we will
like we are still there even we are already here.
R: Sir ano ano pa po ang mga ibang bagay pa na ginagawa ninyo o may iba pa po ba
kayong aktibidades?
P: Pag dating kasi dito sa lungsod o headquarters namin, sa opisina kami agad sa dami
naming compliance na dapat tapusin sa tamang oras at ipasa kaya halos dito na ako
nafofocus nawawala na yung isipin at alaala ko noong nasa gera ako. Pero pagka wala
ka kasing giangawa yuon at yuon padin ang naiisip mo pero pag may ginagawa ka
parang nawawala siya kaya ganoon ganoon nalang ang ginagawa ko hangang ngayon
yuong tipong ay panaginip lang yuon o isang kwento nalang.
R: Sir what are those things that are doing or do you have other activities?
P: Here in the city or our headquarters, we have so many compliances that we need to
finish soon and we have to pass that’s why I am focusing on it and also a way to forget
the memories in the battle. Because when we keep on remembering what happened in
the battle it will remains in our mind that’s why we keep ourself busy.
R: After po ng war sir ano po ang lesson na natutunan ninyo po?
P: Para kasi sakin ang iniisip ko e sa civilian is to serve and protect so

prenoprotektahan namin ang mga sibilyan pero paano naman namin sila
maproprotektahan kung sila din mismo ang gumagawa ng paraan na mapalapit sa
kanila ang mga kalaban kaya ang grupo namin ang kaylangan talaga na makuha
naming e ang mga sibilyan yuon ang stratehiya naman naming dito.
R: After the war Sir what are the lessons that you learned?
P: For me is to serve and protect the civilian but how we protect to the civilian if they are
making way to be near to our enemy that’s why our goal is to get the civilians and that’s
our strategy here.
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Participant#10: RJ8858
Date: August 3,2018
Time: 12:00-12:30pm
R: Sir tanong ko lang po sir ilang years na po kayo sa serbisyo?
P: 8 years
R: Sir how many years are you in service?
P: 8 years
R: Sir ano po ang line of duty ninyo po o posisyon?
P: Grenadiers kami yung sumasabak mismo at nkikipagbakbakan
R: Sir what is your line of duty or position?
P: We are the grenadiers the one who are in the battlefield and fighting.
R: Sir na assigned po ba kayo sa marawi?

P: Yes po maam
R: Sir are you deployed to Marawi?
P: Yes Ma’am.
R: Sir nagkaroon po ba kayo ng chance na makapagpaalam po sa pamilya ninyo o

biglaan din po kagaya po sa iba ninyong mga kasamahan?
P: Nakapag paalam naman po ako sa nanay ko noong andun na ako kasi magaalala
iyon sa akin at nerbiyosa kasi yun sinabi ko na lang nay okay naman ako dito pero
hindi mo naman mawawala ang pagaalala noon sa akin
R: Sir did you have the chance to say goodbye to your family or it happened suddenly
like your comrades?
P: I was informed my mother when I am already there because she will thinking of me
and be worried and I told her that I’m fine but I know that they are always worried of me.
R: Sir recently po e ngkaroon po kayo ng stress debriefing ano po ang naitulong nito
sainyo?
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P: Parang narefresh lang kami dahil xempre iba din ang gera na ngyari nailabas lang
naming ang saloobin naming sa panyayari
R: Sir you undergone an stress defriefing recently what is the benefir of this for you?
P: It’s like It refreshed us because of course the different happenings to us in the battle
we able to realese it out.
R: Sir during the war ano po ang mga crisis na experience ninyo?
P: Noong unang dating naming doon mam xempre nakakatakot na baka ako mamatay
hindi mo naman maalis yun at baka hindi na ako makauwi
R: Sir during the war what are the crisis that you’ve been through?
P: On our first arrived there of course we are afraid, we afraid that we will die and we
can’t go home alive.
R: Sir ano pa po ang nangyari sir? Umabot po ba na test yung pasensya ninyo?
P: Yes ma’am
R: Sir what happened sir? Does it comes that the test your patience?
P: Yes Ma’am.
R: Paano po sir?
P:Na?
R: How is it Sir?
P: Of what?
R: Nagkaroon po bang conflict sainyo ng mga kasama ninyo? Or naubusan po ba kayo

ng pasensya ?
P: Ay ma’am hindi namn po kasi saamin naman may mga sinusunod naman po kaming
protocol kung dito tayo dito tayo
R: Did it comes that you’ve got conflicts with your comrades? Or did you lost your
patience?
P: No ma’am because there is a protocol here that we are following.
R: Nakakatulog naman po kayo ng maayos?
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P: Nung medyo nagtaggal na kami noon maam at medyo nasanay na din kasi wala
naman pinipiling oras at araw ang putukan nung unang dating naming doon hindi kami
nakakatulog ng maayos
R: Are you able to sleep tight?
P: When the times goes day by day and we are like immune with the bombers anytime
of the day and nights but on our first arrived there we can’t sleep good.
R: Nakakakain naman po ba kayo ng maayos?
P: Oo
R: Did you able to eat good there?
P:Yes
R: Ano po ba ang naging changes sainyo during the war po?
P: Hindi naman kami nagkasakit dun ma’am tapos pag may namamalengke sa isa sa
kasamahan naming ng papabili na lang kami ng mga vitamins naming
R: What are the changes in you during the war?
P: We didn’t able to get sick there Ma’am and if someone oof us go to market we just
allow him to buy our viamins supplement.
R: Sir during the war po ano po ang pinaka hindi ninyo po makakalimutan o nagbigay
ng lesson po sainyo?
P: Noong pumasok kami sa ground area po tapos kasagsagan padin ng putukan nakita
po namin andami na tinamaan at yung iba e wala na
R: Sir during the battle what are the unforgettable moments that you will not be forget?
P: On the first we moved to ground zero area and it ids the middle of the war we saw
too much wounded and others are already dead.
R: Sir kamusta po ang realasyon ninyo po sa pamilya ninyo? May asawa na po ba kayo
sir?
P: Wala po at okay naman ang relasyon ko sa pamilya ko at tumatawag naman ako sa

kanila kinakausap ko at kinakamusta ko din kasi yung nanay ko dahil ngaalala saakin
yun kaya para mabawasan ang isipin nia dahil sa may edad na ang nanay ko e ayaw
ko man sabihin kaso pagtumatawag sila naririnig nila ang putukan
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R: Sir how is your relationship with your family? Are you married Sir?
P: Not yet, and my relationship to my family is good and I am caling and talking to them
because my mother is worried about me and it’s the way to ease her worries because
my mother is already old even I don’t want to tell them but they heard the bombing.
R: Sir ano po ang relihiyon ninyo po?
P: Katoliko po
R: Sir what is your religion?
P: Roman Catholic
R: Sir nung gera po ba yung pananamapalataya ninyo po sa panginoon
P: Okay naman
R: Sir during the battle how is your faith to god?
P: It’s good
R: Sir kamusta naman po ang naging realsyon ninyo sa mga kasamahan po ninyo o
katrabho ninyo po?
P: Okay naman kami mas lalong ngkaroon ng team work dahil xempre andun na e gera
na e
R: Sir how is your relationship with your comrades?
P: I’t good because we become more teamwork.
R: Pag kabalik po ditto sir paano po ang way ninyo makapag adjust? Para ma divert
ang inyo pong atensyon?
P: Pag pinauuwi kami sa pamilya naming medyo nababawas ang takot na ngyari para
malamn din nila na okay kami
R: When you came back here Sir how did you cope? To divert your attention?
P: When we are with our family our worries ease and to inform theme also that we are
fine.
R: Sir ano pa po ang iba ninyong pingkaabalahan
P: Dito maam kasi pgbalik naming ditto ng tratraining kami ulit dun nalang ako ngfocus
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R: Sir what are you doing more?
P: I’m focusing in my training Ma’am when I came back.
R: Sir during the war po ano po ang napansin ninyong nagbago po sainyo?
P: Meron sabi ng girlfriend ko na napansin niya na naging maainitin ang ulo ko pero
sabi ko normal lang yun sabi din saakin ng psychology sa akin yun dahil sa pagod
R:Sir during the war what did you noticed that has changed in you?
P: My girlfriend tell me that I become hot tempered but the pyschologists told me that
it’s just normal because of fatigue.
R: Bukod po dun sir hindi po ba kayo nanaginip o napanaginipan yung ngyayari sa g

era
P: Hindi naman po maam
R: Other than that Sir is there any chances that you are dreaming of what happened in
the battle?
P: Not really Ma’am.
R: Anong hindi naman po na natutulala na lang po kayo bigla?
P: Ay hindi naman po kasi kapag andito naman lagi naman kami may kausap mahirap
din kasi pagwala ka kausap
R: Do you mean that you suddenly starring blankly?
P: Not really like that because when we are here we keep on being each other because
it’s difficult when you don’t have someone to talk to.
R: Sir last questation po naamin sa experience po ninyo sa war ano po ang naging life
lesson ninyo po na natutunan ninyo po?
P: Dapat maging alerto ka lagi sumunod ka lang lagi sa mga pinaguutos dahil para rin
naman sa amin ito iyon laging yngatan ang sarili.
R: Sir for our last question in your experiences in the battle what are those life lessons
that you’ve learned?
P: We should be alert and always follow for their instructions because it is for our own
sake.
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Appendix B
Informed Consent to Participate in a Research Study
Arellano University
College of Nursing
2600 Legarda St., Manila
“Quality of Life of Filipino Soldiers with Combat-Related Trauma
After the Battle of Marawi”
Primary Researcher:
Hernandez, Camille R. 09083365790
Committee Members:
Laserna, Gretchen B. 09171670506
Lin, Manilyn B. 09266788806
Mariñas, Ednalyn Angelica C. 09354309196
Mercado, Jamie Marie A. 09279747494
Orque, Jelly P. 09567934779
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2600 Legarda St. Sampaloc Manila
Information for Potential Participants in the Research Study Entitled: “The Quality Of
Life: Aftermath of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder among Filipino Soldiers”
Principal Supervisor:
Sonia Dignadice RN MAN
Faculty of College of Nursing
Arellano University-Legarda
Researchers:
09083365790
hernandezcamille281@gmail.com
09063053665
lasernagretchenb@gmail.com
Lin, Manilyn B.
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09363709352
belandresmanilyn90@gmail.com
09354309196
ednalynmarinas31@yahoo.com
090556556786
jamiemariemercado@gmail.com
Orque, Jelly P.
09567934779
jelly.orque@yahoo.com
We, the fourth year students of Arellano University, Legarda taking up Bachelor of
Science in Nursing are currently conducting a study entitled: “The Quality Of Life:
Aftermath of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder among Filipino Soldiers”. We are inviting
you to be part of this study. We believe that you can help us to learn more about PTSD.
You don’t have to decide right away, you can talk to anyone first you are comfortable with
about your participation. Your participation is voluntary, it is your decision to participate
or not.
Generally, this study aims:
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1. To know the quality of life of the Filipino soldiers after they had Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD)
2. To reduce stigma by promoting mental health awareness particularly PTSD among
soldiers
3. To contribute another substantiate body of knowledge
You should met certain eligibility criteria to participate in this study. You are only eligible
to join if during the time of this study, you are:
Inclusion Criteria:
 Male or Female Military personnel for at least 3 years in service
 23-55 years old
 Had been encountered wars or any traumatic events
 Had been diagnosed with PTSD and the symptoms should be already
manageable or had been treated already
Exclusion Criteria:
 Male or Female Nonmilitary personnel
 23 years old below and 55 years old above
 Had never encountered wars or any traumatic events
 Never been diagnosed with PTSD
This research will involve your participation in an interview that will last for about 30-45
minutes. The interview will be done outside of the camp vicinity. The questions are about
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your life after you had treated or managed the symptoms of PTSD. The whole interview
proper will be audio taped.
If you feel uncomfortable during the interview it will be stopped. It is up to you if the
interview will be postponed or will be discontinued completely. Your decision will be
respected.
The data that you have been shared will be treated confidential. The data collected about
you will have code names instead of your names. Only the research team as well as our
adviser will have the access to the documents. The documents will be destroyed four
weeks after the findings had been obtained.
Once we got the findings we will immediately relay the results to you so you can validate
if the results reflects your lived experiences as you have PTSD.
If you have any questions, please contact us or we can personally meet you. Our contact
information are stated on the previous page.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Respectfully yours,
Lin, Manilyn B.
Marinas, Ednalyn Angelica C.
Orque, Jelly P.
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Noted By:
Research Adviser
Approved by:
LEONORA BORROMEO RN MAN
Program Chair
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Impormasyon Para sa Potensyal na mga Kalahok sa Pag-aaral na pinamagatang: “The
Quality Of Life: Aftermath of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder among Filipino
Soldiers”
Punong Superbisor:
Sonia Dignadice RN MAN
Guro ng College of Nursing
Arellano University-Legarda
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Mga Mananaliksik:
09083365790
hernandezcamille281@gmail.com
09063053665
lasernagretchenb@gmail.com
Lin, Manilyn B.
09363709352
belandresmanilyn90@gmail.com
09354309196
ednalynmarinas31@yahoo.com
090556556786
jamiemariemercado@gmail.com
Orque, Jelly P.
09567934779
jelly.orque@yahoo.com
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Kami ang mga mag-aaral na nasa ika-aapat na taon ng kursong Narsing mula sa
Arellano University, Legarda ay kasalukuyang nagsasagawa ng pag-aaral na
pinamagatang: “The Quality of Life: Aftermath of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
among Filipino Soldiers”. Inaanyayahan ka namin na maging bahagi ng pag-aaral
na ito. Naniniwala kami na maaari mo kaming tulungan upang matuto nang higit pa
tungkol sa PTSD. Hindi mo kailangang magpasiya kaagad, maaari kang makipag-usap
sa sinuman upang maging komportable ka tungkol sa iyong pakikilahok. Ang iyong
paglahok ay boluntaryo, nasa iyo ang desisyon kung lalahok ka o hindi.
Ang kabuuang layunin ng pag-aaral na ito:
1. Upang malaman ang kailidad ng buhay ng mga sundalong Pilipino pagkatapos
magkaroon ng Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
2. Upang mabawasan ang stigma sa pamamagitan ng pagpapalaganap ng
kamalayan sa kalusugang pangkaisipan lalo’t higit sa mga militar
3. Upang makapag ambag ng panibagong makabuluhang kaalaman
Pamantayan ng Pagsasama:
 Lalaki o babaeng militar na nasa serbisyo sa loob ng mahigit 3 taon
 23-55 taong gulang
 Nagkaroon ng engkwentrong gera o kahit anong traumatic na pangyayari
 Nagkaroon ng diagnosis na PTSD at ang mga sintomas ay kontrolado na o
tuluyan ng gumaling
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Pamantayan ng Pagbubukod:
 Lalaki o babaeng hindi militar

 23 taong gulang pababa at 55 taong gulang pataas
 Hindi pa nagkaroon ng engkwentrong gera o kahit anong traumatic na
pangyayari
 Hindi pa nagkaroon ng diagnosis na PTSD
Sa pag-aaral na ito, ang kalakip ng inyong partisipasyon ay isang panayam na tatagal
ng 30-45 minuto.. Ang panayam ay isasagawa sa loob ng kampo. Ang mga tanong ang
tungkol sa iyong buhay pagkatapos mong magamot o makontrol ang sintomas ng
PTSD. Ang buong panayam ay irerekord ng audio.
Kung ikaw ay hindi magiging kumportable sa kasasagan ng panayam , ito ay ihihinto.
Nasa sa iyo kung ang panayam ay pansamantalang ihihinto o tuluyan ng ititigil. Ang
iyong desisyon ay aming rerespetuhin.
Ang mga datos na iyong ibabahagi ay ituturing na kumpidensyal. Ang datos na
makakalap patungkol sa iyo ay lalagyan ng alyas sa halip na iyong pangalan. Tanging
ang grupo ng mananaliksik at gurong tagapayo lamang ang makakakita ng mga
dokumento. Ang mga dokumento ay sisirain , 4 na lingo pagkatapos makuha ang
findings.
Sa sandaling nakuha namin ang mga findings ay agad naming ibabalik ang mga
resulta sa iyo upang mapapatunayan mo kung ang mga resulta ay sumasalamin sa
iyong mga karanasan sa buhay nang matapos mong mayroon ng PTSD.
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Kung mayroon kang anumang mga katanungan, mangyaring makipag-ugnay sa amin.
Ang aming impormasyon sa pakikipag-ugnay ay nakasaad sa nakaraang pahina.
Maraming salamat sa inyong kooperasyon.
Gumagalang,
Lin, Manilyn B.
Marinas, Ednalyn Angelica C.
Orque, Jelly P.
Noted By:
Tagapayo
Approved by:
LEONORA BORROMEO RN MAN
Program Chair
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Kaalamang Pahintulot Para sa mga Kalahok ng Pag-aaral na pinamagatang:
“The Quality Of Life: Aftermath of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder among Filipino
Soldiers”
IMPORMASYON SA KALAHOK:
Inaanyayahan ka naming maging bahagi ng aming pag-aaral na pinamagatang:
Soldiers”
SERTIPIKASYON NG PAKSA:
Pinapatunayan ko na ako ay nasa tamang edad at boluntaryong nagbibigay ng aking
pahintulot upang maging bahagi ng pag-aaaral na na pinamagatang:
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Soldiers”
Pinapatunayan ko na natugunan ko ang ilang pamantayan upang maging kalahok ng
pag-aaral na ito.
Pinapatunayan ko na ang mga layunin ng pag-aaral at kung paano isasagawa ang
panayam ay maayos na naipaliwanag sa akin ng mga mananaliksik.
Alam ko na ang durasyon ng panayam ay tatagal ng 30-45 minuto at ito ay dokumentado
sa pamamagitan ng audio recorder. Kapag ako ay hindi naging kumportable sa
kasasagan ng panayam maari ko itong ipahinto. Maari kong ipagpaliban o tuluyang
bawiin ang aking partisipasyon sa pag-aaral. Alam ko na ang mga datos at impormasyon
na aking ibabahagi ay itutring na kumpedinsyal.
__________________________
Lagda ng Kalahok
Petsa: ____________________
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Liability Waiver
Name of Event: Research Data Gathering:
“The Quality of Life: Aftermath of
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Filipino Soldiers”
Participant’s Name:
Participant’s Age:
I HEREBY ASSUME ALL OF THE RISKS OF PARTICIPATING IN ANY/ALL
ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT, I certify that I am physically fit, have
sufficiently prepared or trained for participation in this activity.
In consideration of my application and permission to participate in this activity, I hereby
take action for myself, as I:
A.) WAIVE, RELEASE, AND DISCHARGE Arellano University College of Nursing
Legarda from any form of liability resulting from any personal injury, accident,
illness (including death) or any property loss arising from or in a way related to
my participation in the event but not limited to, liability arising from the
negligence or fault of the said party, as applicable.
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B.) INDEMNIFY, HOLD HARMLESS, AND PROMISE NOT TO SUE the Arellano
University College of Nursing Legarda from any and all liabilities or claims made
as a result of participation in this activity.
I undersigned that I have read and understand this document. I am aware that this is a
release of liability and a contract and I sign it of my own free will.
________________________________________________________
Signature of the Participant Date
__________________________________________________________
Signature of the Parent/Guardian Date
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June 28, 2018
We the fourth year nursing students of Arellano University who are currently taking
Nursing Research 2 are asking for a review of our interview guide for our research paper
entitled: “The Quality of life: Aftermath of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder among Filipino
Soldiers”. The interview guide will pilot the interview proper once the discourse has been lost.
We would like to ask for a photocopy of your professional license as a psychologist in
administration as an evidence that you had done the review. Any suggestions and
recommendation are highly appreciated.
Respectfully yours:
HERNADEZ, CAMILLE R.
LASERNA, GRETCHEN B.
LIN, MANILYN B.
MARIÑAS, EDNALYN ANGELICA C.
MERCADO, JAMIE MARIE A.
ORQUE, JELLY P.
Researchers
Noted By:
SONIA DIGNADICE RN.MAN
Research Adviser
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Name: LIN, MANILYN B.
Address: V. Mapa, Manila
E-mail Address: Belandresmanilyn90@gmail.com
Contact nos. 09266788806
Personal Data
Age: 27 Years Old
Civil Status: Married
Date of Birth: October 23, 1990
Place of Birth: Cebu City
Religion: Roman Catholic
Nationality: Filipino
Educational Background:
College: Arellano University, Legarda
June 2015 to present
Legarda, Manila
Secondary: Arellano University, Legarda
March 2015
Legarda, Manila
Badian, National High School
2002-2005
Primary: Basak, Elementary School
June 1997 to March 2002
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Name: HERNANDEZ, CAMILLE R.
Address: Legarda, Manila
E-mail Address: hernandezcamille23@gmail.com
Personal Data
Age: 20 Years Old
Civil Status: Single
Date of Birth: November 29, 1997
Place of Birth: Mindoro, City
Legarda, Manila
Secondary: Mina De Oro Catholic School
June 2011- March 2015
Oriental Mindoro City
Primary: Socorro Central School
2005- 2011
Oriental Mindoro, City
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Name: ORQUE, JELLY P.
Address: Sampaloc Manila
E-mail Address: jelly.orque@yahoo.com
Personal Data
Age: 28 Years Old
Date of Birth: September 10, 1990
Place of Birth: Northern Samar
Religion: Born Again Christian
Legarda, Manila
Secondary: Potong National High School
June 2003- 2007
Potong, Northern Samar
Primary: San Policarpo Central
Elemementary School
1997-2002
San Policarpo, Easthern Samar
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Name: MARINAS, EDNALYN ANGELICA C.
Address: Tondo, Manila
E-mail Address: asdfghjklyka31@yahoo.com
Personal Data
Age: 19 Years Old
Date of Birth: August 31, 1999
Place of Birth: Manila
Legarda, Manila
Secondary: Lakan Dula High School
2011- 2015
Tondo , Manila
Primary: Jose Corazon de Jesus
Elementary
2005-2011
Tondo, Manila
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Name: MERCADO, JAMIE MARIE. A
Address: Sta Mesa, Manila
E-mail Address: jamiemariemercado@yahoo.com
Personal Data
Age: 19 Years Old
Date of Birth: November 12, 1998
Place of Birth: Urdaneta City, Pangasinan
Religion: Christian
Legarda, Manila
Secondary: Eylim Christian Academy
2010- 2014
Asingan, Pangasinan
Primary: Nancalobasaan Elementary School
2004-2010
Urdaneta City, Pangasina
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Name: LASERNA, GRETCHEN B.
Address: Sta. Cruz, Manila
E-mail Address: lasernagretchenb@gmail.com
Personal Data
Age: 29 Years Old
Date of Birth: May, 06 1989
Place of Birth: Quezon City
Legarda, Manila
Secondary: National Teachers College
2001-2005
Quiapo, Manila
Primary: P. Gomez Elementary School 1996-

2001
Sta Cruz, Manila
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Arellano University

Quality of Life of Filipino Soldiers

The FACULTY OF ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

Juan Sumulong Campus, Manila City

Title: QUALITY OF LIFE OF FILIPINO SOLDIERS WITH COMBAT-RELATED

Adviser: SONIA M. DIGNADICE RN MAN

Degree : Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Year Completed: October 2018

Statement of the Problem

Purpose of the Study

influence of the Marawi battle transformed them.

Combat Related Trauma.

combat related trauma is a given risk in their chosen job profile.

Recommendations are offered for study participants, family of the participants,

healthcare provider, and future researchers.

For Study Participants:

afraid of. Healing begins with acceptance.

For Family of the Study Participants:

them will make them feel better.

For Healthcare Provider:

Title Page ........................................................................................................................ 1

Approval Sheet ................................................................................................................ 2

Research Abstract ........................................................................................................... 4

Table of Contents ............................................................................................................ 5

CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Background of the Study......................................................................................... 5

Statement of the Problem ....................................................................................... 5

Significance of the Study ........................................................................................ 5

Grand Tour and Sub-Questions .............................................................................. 5

Research Paradigm ................................................................................................ 5

Scope and Delimitation ........................................................................................... 5

Definition of Terms .................................................................................................. 5

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

Foreign Literature ................................................................................................... 5

Local Literature ....................................................................................................... 5

Foreign Studies ....................................................................................................... 5

Local Studies .......................................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER III: METHODS AND PROCEDURES

Research Design .................................................................................................... 5

Research Locale ..................................................................................................... 5

Sampling Techniques ............................................................................................. 5

Data Gathering Procedure ...................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER IV: PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS

Participant Descriptions .......................................................................................... 5

Discovering the Essence ........................................................................................ 5

Extracting Significant Meanings .............................................................................. 5

Formulating Meanings ............................................................................................ 5

Cluster Findings ...................................................................................................... 5

Emerging Themes .................................................................................................. 5

CHAPTER V: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Interpretation of Findings ...................................................................................... 5

In a study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding

and etc.(WHO, 2013).

after having been diagnosed with combat related-PTSD.

Combat stress is an expected and predictable reaction to combat related

combat-related trauma. The trauma experienced of a civilian is called as Acute Stress

Combat-related trauma is manifested by hyper startle, hyper vigilance, intrusive

they don’t last for a month.

Combat-related Trauma is the precursor of Post-traumatic stress disorder

(PTSD). Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental health condition that is characterized

shrinking of hippocampus causes difficulty in distinguishing memories.

PTSD is triggered by a terrifying event — either by experiencing it or by witnessing

and Combat Related Trauma, as follows: Developing a trusting relationship with a