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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 03: Felipe Conde testing one of his finished guitars on April 3, 2013 in Madrid, Spain. Felipe Conde's family has been handcrafting guitars following the families tradition since 1915. They use wood with a 30-year-old drying process, inherited from his father. The guitar's finishing process lasts 2 months and they make about 24 guitars a year. They make two different kinds of guitars, the flamenco guitar and the classical guitar, mainly for professionals around the world. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 03: Felipe Conde testing one of his finished guitars on April 3, 2013 in Madrid, Spain. Felipe Conde's family has been handcrafting guitars following the families tradition since 1915. They use wood with a 30-year-old drying process, inherited from his father. The guitar's finishing process lasts 2 months and they make about 24 guitars a year. They make two different kinds of guitars, the flamenco guitar and the classical guitar, mainly for professionals around the world. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

By Natalie Caula Hauff

Marta O’Conner used to be pretty angry. The Beaufort woman constantly grappled with the resentment she would feel at the sight of people who were happy. She wondered how so many people could live in such absolute ignorance.

“You come back from a war zone, you know what’s happening out there, then you come here and everyone is partying, eating good food, taking good showers, wearing nice clothes and you get a sour taste for society,” she said. “You wonder, ‘How can you be so happy right now?’ Someone just got killed over there.”

The 30-year-old Marine Corps veteran, who served more than a year in Iraq, has spent the past four years coping with those feelings, as well as bouts of anxiety, panic attacks and other post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms that crept through her mind.

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