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Originally Posted by bowdhi4512
Thank you everyone for your kindness. So, I was in the USMC as a front line trauma medic. Geez, the words dont come so easy for me to describe what I have seen. For now my goals are for me to come to grips with my experiences and most of all, talk about them, cause instead I shut the memories away and hold it inside, and its starting to take its toll. In the meantime, I am trying to make changes in my life and thats the hardest thing I have ever done. I look forward to speaking and sharing with all of you.
Thank you again for the welcome...
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Once a Marine, Always A Marine
My first husband is one as are my two blood brothers
all are deceased...
You are alive albeit with some bumps in your road of healing
Yes, please do keep posting when ready...let us know how you are doing and what we can do to help.
Jme, but bottling=anguish
felt like it was damned if I did, damned if I didn't
so...
I did not and was damned for awhile
not by others but by myself
it's not worth keeping anything inside
we pay a very high price when we do
Little bit of advice from this lady...
don't tackle everything at once
it's all tangled up of course
but try and focus on your immediate need(s)
baby steps, crawling if necessary
no benefit to squaring the shoulders and marching into it
stand down
In Peace
p.s. is your war the current ones?
www.IAVA.org is a dedicated to the Iraq and Afghanistan Vets...most resources are found on the left side
great support and solid resources to help you
length of stateside time is not important
You Are Important..your experiences, fears, anger, confusion
understood there
understood here
double the support methinks
In Peace