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The Department of Defense is attempting to convey that the experience of stress as a result of combat-related experiences is normal.
No matter where you move after the military, even if you’re returning to where you grew up, it takes time and effort to find your sense of belonging. Your civilian job likely won’t provide that as easily as the military did—or at all.
In the wake of repeated deployments, visible and invisible injuries, and repeated disconnection, our service members and their families are struggling ― struggling to be well, to connect, to feel, to adjust and to stay together.
As a society, we think about mental health in binary terms. Either someone is OK or they are not.
Thousands of veterans who served in the wars that began after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks struggle with issues that are often invisible to those around them. Some are suffering from health problems and trauma, and others from feelings of displacement and alienation.
Where to find help for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, more
Reading about the challenges of war presented in literature―and having the chance to talk through them with other combat veterans―has made these Monday night meetings feel sacred for many who attend.
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Veterans are often reluctant to seek help because of the stigma surrounding mental health issues and are likelier to respond to an approach that emphasizes discussion of here‐and‐now issues of adjustment to civilian life rather than mental disorders.
More than two million American veterans have served in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Many came home wounded, most came back changed, thousands have committed suicide. Who is trying to help them? At a small farm in Tennessee, Marines are taking care of one another.
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