[NuckingFutz]

I got veteran's housing about a year ago. I live in a nice hotel suite full time.

I've always been proud to be a veteran but where I live there are about 60 other veterans that also live here. I have seen and heard about horrible things that happen here with veterans (drug abuse, alcohol abuse, a shooting over a drug deal, veterans who scam other people). These incidents happen a lot.

The scammers are the worst. They actually can cause me to trigger into my PTSD It's come to the point that I don't associate with them (I fell for a car scam recently and thought my fellow veterans would not do that to a fellow veteran). These people are so off balance and have such a bad reputation here that I am actually ashamed to be a veteran. I think I'd rather keep to myself than deal with these folks. I don't want to be snooty, but it's the only way to keep myself safe.

Feedback anyone?

[Open Eyes]

Veterans are just people too, some actually "may" be bad and might not be someone you can "trust". I am sorry that you live around these kind of people, it is wise to be cautious and remember, not "all" vets are like this, there are always a few bad apples.

((Hugs))
OE

[Nobodyandnothing]

NuckingFutz,
Thank you for your service to our country. Bless you.

[NuckingFutz]

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

What you all have said makes a lot of sense. After reading and reflecting on this, my position on this is:

I still am proud to be a veteran. Not all veterans are like the people that live at my hotel. Some of the veterans here are nice, most are not. Just staying away from the unsafe ones (if ever I can figure out who is who because sometimes you never know right away about someone).

The staff at the hotel is very nice to me...even goes out of their way to help me above and beyond what I observe when they deal with a problem veteran. I just hope the hotel staff doesn't judge me as being on of those "bad" seeds.