In late 2014 after multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the founders of the Invictus Project of Colorado, Sam Peterson and Jeffrey Haugland were both mentally and physically spent. Once they returned to the places and the people they loved, they found themselves struggling to complete simple everyday tasks. When they sought help from the established medical system, they were both prescribed a multitude of anti-depressants, anti-anxiety medications, and anti-psychotics and were told to “soldier on.” There would soon be case studies for the ineffectiveness of prescription medication to treat post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and suicidal ideations.

We understand what it is like to be the hopeless patient. We have had first-hand experience with how our current system creates lifelong patients, rather than addressing the root causes of symptoms. After experiencing this first hand and watching the people around suffer and then succumb to suicide, we decided to do something about it.