Our lonely society makes it hard to come home from war | Sebastian Junger

It has always been hard to come home from war. It is much harder when nobody, not your wife, friends, pastor, family... nobody has the slightest clue how to talk to you or understands what you are trying to talk about.
When I had a particularly rough tour in 2004, I was with another unit from California, and I never saw any of those guys again. Leaving me one lonely dude trying to process wounds and why I came out of it ok and some of my comrades, my immediate supervisor, and two of my subordinates did not.
It took a while, but PTSD slowly cost me friendships, my marriage, and very nearly, my life.

So for all of you out there who have no one to talk to, message me directly any time. I get it, and I get you. Some of the most helpful things I found for me was just getting it all off my chest, and I want to pay it forward.

Excellent video share from TED.