You're welcome. And I agree with what you said.


No one is special when it comes to grief, trauma, depression, and all the other things one goes through to deal with an event that significantly changes a person's life. I didn't have to go to war to be so depressed and traumatized that I tried to end my life and deal with the aftermath of not being successful. Trauma is trauma and to the person dealing with theirs, it's no different in their minds than what our Troops struggle with.


Though our Troops deal with a great deal of things they don't own the corner market on it. I let my ex-husband deal with things as he needed to and supported him the best I knew how, but I didn't let him feel sorry for himself and fall into the mindset that so many fall into.


When I was in I thought, "no one will ever understand this life like me and the people around me", and I held civilians, family and friends at arms length because they didn't 'get it' so I can see how it could be an even deeper thought process when salted with time at war. 22 years later I still remember the camaraderie of boot camp and AIT and arriving at my permanent party unit ready to take on the world. I live near Fort Bragg and any time I get around a group of Soldiers for a period of time I feel very nostalgic. I totally understand the want and need of that feeling, of staying in that mindset, but it's not healthy.


I pray a great deal for our Troops and Vets. A great deal.

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