Problems which bothered U.S. veterans and active service members 2022

Around 16 percent of U.S. veterans and active service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001 who responded to the annual Wounded Warrior Project Survey in 2022 reported feeling down, depressed, or hopeless nearly every day in the past two weeks. The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is a U.S. charity and veteran organization for veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001. This statistic shows the distribution of U.S. veterans and active service members of the WWP bothered by various problems in the two weeks prior to being surveyed in 2022, by frequency.

Percentage of U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project bothered by various problems in the past two weeks as of 2022, by frequency*

Characteristic	Nearly every day	More than half the days	Several days	Not at all
Little interest or pleasure in doing things	17.8%	23.8%	38.9%	19.5%
Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless	15.9%	22.4%	38.8%	23%
Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much	32%	25.4%	28.6%	14%
Feeling tired or having little energy	27.3%	27.8%	34.1%	10.8%
Poor appetite or overeating	17%	20.7%	32.6%	29.7%
Feeling bad about yourself—or that you are a failure or you have let yourself or your family down?	17.6%	20.1%	32.7%	29.6%
Trouble concentrating on things such as reading or watching TV	17.6%	22.7%	35.8%	23.9%
Moving or speaking much slower or faster than usual	8.1%	13.7%	26.1%	52.1%
Thoughts that you would better off dead or hurting yourself	6%	7.4%	18%	68.5%

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Release date

February 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

June 15 to August 24, 2022

Number of respondents

19,303 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Respondents were members of the Wounded Warrior Project and are veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001.

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