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The psychological impacts of active duty genuinely vary from one person to another. Here are some ideas for supporting your mental health and a description of some of the influencing factors that may make it more difficult to receive the care you need.
Thanks for passing this resource along!
As a veteran with PTSD, I agree that the impacts of active duty vary from person to person. Please prioritize your mental health, even though there is a tremendous amount of stigma around it. There's no reason to throw your mental health away unnecessarily - if I had more access to mental health services while in the service, I may not have experienced such severe psychological effects.
Thank you. I want to take the best possible care of my mental health. Do you have any advice for finding mental health services?
Do you think someone who lived the army life, who retires at 40 will be happy with their life? A lot of retirees I’ve talked to think it’s boring as hell, and they’re 60+. I guess there’s nothing keeping you from doing something else, I just can’t see a 20-years-service guy sitting on his porch, smiling from 40-80 years.
I go back to the 90s when the very last of the Vietnam era guys were still around. There was a darkness to those guys sometimes. A lot of the Vietnam suffered, my dad included.
Begin by addressing present unresolved issues by seeing a therapist prior. The military will only exacerbate unresolved interpersonal and emotional issues because of the unpredictable stressors of the job. Once in, connect with a Chaplian. They are a REAL resource. They’re not there to get you to believe in their personal faith group. Everyone has a spirituality and they are there to help you sustain or re-engage with your spirituality for resilience and your personal/professional ethical issues