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Stress is pretty much a natural   reaction
  of our body experiencing  challenges and daily

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stressors.
  So a lot of people think  stress is something that

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happens overnight or from a   specific situation. 
  That can be the case sometimes,

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but what we see most often  is how
  stress builds up.

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A lot of people think mental  health is the only
  resource we have available, when  that's not the reality

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We honestly want to start our   members off with a Military 
  Life Counselor. Same with the   ones we have here

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Social Workers that can help you  out the only thing is 
  they don't document.

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We always want to start them off  with a Chaplain just to 
  gauge where they are at.

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If they are having higher   symptoms or going through 
  a lot, that's when we would want  them to see us.

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Self awareness as a service   member is probably
  one of the most important things  because it's pretty much

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you telling yourself and being  honest with yourself
  and being like well today I   can't perform or

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I'm noticing my performance it's