SGT Ben Keen 15629 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-94"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fcoping-through-activities%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Coping+through+activities.&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fcoping-through-activities&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ACoping through activities.%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/coping-through-activities" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="d3781de10a5b516b4754ae2666b45118" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/000/094/for_gallery_v2/Untitled_HDR2.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/000/094/large_v3/Untitled_HDR2.jpg" alt="Untitled hdr2" /></a></div></div>I think it is safe to say that we all come back from a deployment a changed person.  Some of the changes are good, some are not so good.  We all have to learn different coping skills following these changes.  Personally, I've been using photography as a form of coping through activities.  I'm not exactly sure where I would be today if I didn't get into photography.<div><br></div><div>So, now I'm wondering what other activities have you, my fellow brothers and sisters-in-arms have gotten into as a way of "dealing with" the changes we all go through.  Sadly, not all of our fellow brothers and sisters-in-arms haven't been able to deal with the changes and maybe by sharing these activities we can give an idea to a struggling Veteran.</div><div><br></div><div>By the way, here is a recent picture I've taken, more can be seen at 500px.com/benkeen. </div> 2013-12-04T20:50:01-05:00 SGT Ben Keen 15629

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-94"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fcoping-through-activities%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Coping+through+activities.&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fcoping-through-activities&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ACoping through activities.%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/coping-through-activities" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="7b74c6724387a03ff07996654e7ab286" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/000/094/for_gallery_v2/Untitled_HDR2.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/000/094/large_v3/Untitled_HDR2.jpg" alt="Untitled hdr2" /></a></div></div>I think it is safe to say that we all come back from a deployment a changed person.  Some of the changes are good, some are not so good.  We all have to learn different coping skills following these changes.  Personally, I've been using photography as a form of coping through activities.  I'm not exactly sure where I would be today if I didn't get into photography.<div><br></div><div>So, now I'm wondering what other activities have you, my fellow brothers and sisters-in-arms have gotten into as a way of "dealing with" the changes we all go through.  Sadly, not all of our fellow brothers and sisters-in-arms haven't been able to deal with the changes and maybe by sharing these activities we can give an idea to a struggling Veteran.</div><div><br></div><div>By the way, here is a recent picture I've taken, more can be seen at 500px.com/benkeen. </div>

2013-12-04T20:50:01-05:00 2013-12-04T20:50:01-05:00 SGT Ben Keen 15871

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Bumping this discussion to allow more to see give input.

2013-12-05T09:04:32-05:00 2013-12-05T09:04:32-05:00 SGT Ben Keen 18336

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Was really hoping to get some more replies on this discussion.

2013-12-09T23:48:45-05:00 2013-12-09T23:48:45-05:00 2013-12-04T20:50:01-05:00