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CWO4 Terrence Clark
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Now that we have the what, I'm interested in the why. And solutions.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Lt Col Charlie Brown
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I don't know for certain, but some of the people I've come across in workshops have been deployed more than six times to the middle east and their marriages have collapsed...perhaps that has something to do with it.
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LTC Tom Jones
LTC Tom Jones
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Major contributor for sure.
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PO2 Builder
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There was to many back to back deployments and not enough down time.
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LTC Tom Jones
LTC Tom Jones
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OPTEMPO a major factor for sure.
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1LT Voyle Smith
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I don’t understand the veterans’ suicide rate. Why are so many veterans killing themselves when I they presumably fought so hard to survive when they were on active duty?
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Lt Col Charlie Brown
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No mission and no one depending on them 1LT Voyle Smith ?
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MCPO Hilary Kunz
MCPO Hilary Kunz
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1LT Voyle Smith, Retirement is boring. You have time to think about what happened.
Checking every supermarket aisle for threats is irritating, both for you and the people in the aisles, so you don’t go out to stores anymore. This causes isolation.
In the heat of the moment on AD you do what you need to. You are “up” all the time.
When you come home and are sitting bored you dwell upon your memories. Sometimes the pleasant ones get lost in the shuffle,leaving only the horror. Sometimes you become, “up” with your family.
A dent in my head does weird things to me, sometimes it hurts like the dickens and sometimes I can forget about it.
I rock crawl, which is a dangerous motorsport that you can fall off cliffs doing. I’ve fallen twice, totaling the Jeep, rebuild the Jeep and do it again. I do wear a helmet. I also like to hike long distances, dance on narrow mountain trails, and ride my bike on the rim of the Grand Canyon. It’s always a self-contest to beat my last adrenaline fueled adventure.
I can speak from experience a bit. I festered for decades. When filling out one of those PTSD questionnaires I checked all the blocks.
The VA and Ohio State are collaborating on a program called, “STRIVE”. I went through it, it really helped me see my issues and analyze them intellectually. It isn’t perfect but definitely recommended by someone who’s BTDT.
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