Music icon John Mayer, renowned for his soulful melodies and captivating guitar riffs, is on a mission that’s about more than his music. When he’s not making music, he’s focused on the mental health of veterans.
For over a decade, the seven-time Grammy winner has been quietly pursuing research into veterans’ mental health issues. Several years ago, in 2019, he launched the non-profit Heart and Armor Foundation with $3 million of his own money, funding studies that look at issues like the effect of trauma on women warriors, and the biology of PTSD.
“That’s a burden that I think we can help lift off of people,” Mayer said. “Someone saying that the smell of diesel fuel at the gas station triggers a very anxious response because it’s a sense memory from Iraq or Afghanistan. And that got me deeper and deeper into wanting to understand it.”
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Music icon John Mayer, renowned for his soulful melodies and captivating guitar riffs, is on a mission that’s about more than his music. When he’s not making music, he’s focused on the mental health of veterans.
For over a decade, the seven-time Grammy winner has been quietly pursuing research into veterans’ mental health issues. Several years ago, in 2019, he launched the non-profit Heart and Armor Foundation with $3 million of his own money, funding studies that look at issues like the effect of trauma on women warriors, and the biology of PTSD.
“That’s a burden that I think we can help lift off of people,” Mayer said. “Someone saying that the smell of diesel fuel at the gas station triggers a very anxious response because it’s a sense memory from Iraq or Afghanistan. And that got me deeper and deeper into wanting to understand it.”
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Shameful our own government refuses to actually care for the lives they destroy.
Seems like a genuinely good dude. Glad to see he is so willing to be the source of something positive.