I've found that the months right after leaving the service is extremely difficult. I was in for 10 years before leaving the service, and I found that I was in no way prepared for civilian life. I felt lost and hopeless and to some extent I still do. The one thing I have going in my favor is that I just keep working to improve my situation, even though there isn't much more that could happen that isn't an improvement.
I never really truly recognized how badly I was affected with PTSD, until I left the service and had nothing but time to sit and think and let depression kick in. Its been a rough go over the past few months, and even this months been a rough go, but I am seeing results of my hard work which is making things a lot better at least for the time being.
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I've found that the months right after leaving the service is extremely difficult. I was in for 10 years before leaving the service, and I found that I was in no way prepared for civilian life. I felt lost and hopeless and to some extent I still do. The one thing I have going in my favor is that I just keep working to improve my situation, even though there isn't much more that could happen that isn't an improvement.
I never really truly recognized how badly I was affected with PTSD, until I left the service and had nothing but time to sit and think and let depression kick in. Its been a rough go over the past few months, and even this months been a rough go, but I am seeing results of my hard work which is making things a lot better at least for the time being.
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