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Any traumatic event whether it's on the

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battlefield or here in the safety of

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like our own homes or work environment .

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It's a lasting effect that takes a toll

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on you and um it doesn't matter if it's

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combat or here . In the states it's

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something that You need to get

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addressed you should talk about I've

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met plenty of guys that came around the

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same time I did and saw Afghanistan ,

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Iraq , and even people younger than me

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who have been to , you know , just some

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small train operations overseas where

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maybe someone got hurt or there's a

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suicide or something and . It's even

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they're affected they're affected by

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that too . Like trauma doesn't

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discriminate . It's a very the thoughts

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are very distracting um it makes it

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hard to enjoy the moments to really

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enjoy life you're always . In this

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state of . Am I in danger something bad

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gonna happen to me too like what's

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wrong with me you know it just leaves

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you in a in a dark place where you

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shouldn't be . The lasting effects of

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whatever trauma you're dealing with

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isn't isn't worth avoiding it . And

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hiding it Don't be ashamed of what

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you're going through . Just simply talk

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about it and I ignored it . I tried to

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ignore it . I tried to just do other

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things to . Distract myself like just

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working out or going on little

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adventures here and there and um . It's

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like putting a band-aid on the problem

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it's not an ultimate fix . It took a .

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Me being stationed over at Naval

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Special Warfare Group One and uh .

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Talking with one of the operators over

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there and sharing stories and . He was

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like , You should be getting help . I

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was like , really ? He's like , yeah .

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I was like , oh , OK . I probably do .

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It took me talking to someone else to

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finally realize it for once someone

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actually was like go get help . So I

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did don't wait to get help don't wait

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get as fast as you can as soon as you

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think something's up or someone else a

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friend of yours says hey you don't seem

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right today let's talk about that , you

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know . Make an appointment