"My daughter was raped while she was in the army" — said 1 person. "They took her to a hospital, where personnel consisting exclusively of men tried to convince her to give the guy a break due to the fact that she would ruin his life. She insisted. He wouldn't back out. He did a tour of Iraq. Now he suffers from PTSD".
"For the last 15 years I've had the same nightmare almost all night" — Said another.
This article exists only to paper a fewer things that have been published in this place, partially to aid spread public awareness, and partially in case the thread is removed in the interest of "national security". Here's a example in random order:
"Someone I loved joined me right after advanced school, even though I begged him not to. A fewer months after his mission ended, we reunited. 1 night he told me he loved me, and then he shot himself in the head. If you are going to prey on children for imperialism, at least treat their PTSD".
"When I returned from the ocean, I could not enter the crowd without a fewer beers inside myself. I have a nerve harm in my right ear, so due to the fact that I didn't want to look weak erstwhile I got back, I lied to a VA representative. My dad was exposed to Agent Orange, who destroyed his lungs, heart, liver and pancreas, and yet killed him 5 years ago. He was 49 years old, exposed at a police station not in Vietnam, and will never meet my daughter, my nephew. I inactive drink besides much and the crowds are fine for most days, but I gotta store at night and I can't work days due to the fact that there are besides many people."
"My best friend's dad, erstwhile I was in advanced school, was in the military. For 30 years he struggled with untreated PTSD and severe depression, he never told his family. On Christmas Eve 2010, he went to their shed to take gifts and shot himself in the head. It was the first ceremony I attended, at which I was told of the origin of death and the reasons behind it. I came home from the service, asked around a small bit, and discovered that most of the funerals I attended earlier were caused by untreated wellness problems related to the service."
"My dad was called into the army and was exposed to Agent Orange. I was born with many physical/neurological disabilities that are associated with this chemical. And my dad became an alcoholic with PTSD and bipolar disorder."
"I met a guy named Christian who served in Iraq. He was cool, he had his place with a bat in the surviving room. There were always light parties. My best friend started dating him at the time, so we spent the weekend at his crib. After the party, at 6:00 in the morning, he took his laptop out. He started showing us any pictures of his military presence. Photos with a group of guys. smiling, laughing. That was fun. I was drunk, and I didn't care. He started showing us pictures of small children. After a while, his eyes got bloody dark. I was like a man, tall AF guy. He very calmly explained to us that all these kids are dead: "But that's what war is. Dead kids and nothing comes from it, just a military discount." Christian committed suicide 2 months later.
"I didn't serve, but my dad did. Vietnam. He yet killed him, slowly, for respective decades. erstwhile doctors tried to implant a pacemaker in him to prolong his life for respective years, his organs were so fucked up from Agent Orange that they fell apart to the touch. He died erstwhile I was ten. He never saw me postgraduate advanced school. He never saw me get my first occupation or buy my first car. He wasn't there. But hey! You yet paid 30,000 after another vet sued VA for ultimate Court, so. You know. It was fun for him."
"Persistent pain with disability assessment 0% (despite medical dismissal), so without any benefit, and anger problems I deal with by initiating fist fights with strangers".
"Many of my friends served. They are all on severe antidepressants/anxiety medication, they cannot last on 4 July or fresh Year's Eve and all have had serious problems with substance abuse before and after discharge from the hospital. And then there's 1 cripple left hand, crushed vertebra and GSW."
"I left my talented and young brother, a broken and disabled man who barely leaves the house. I left my parent excessively alert and terrified of the amount of sexual assault and rape that was covered up and watched by COS. A friend joined immediately if HS, the bullet left him paralyzed with his neck down.
"My cousin went to war twice and returned with a drug addiction that killed him. My second cousin could never get paid on time, and erstwhile he left, they tried to halt him from paying."
"This caused me to break my spine, TBI, PTSD, burn vulnerability and broken body without hope of improvement. He didn't even quit due to a broken spine. WTF."
"You killed my father by not providing appropriate treatment on many touring tours".
"Everyone I know got free PTSD and vulnerability to chemicals and long engaged in their efforts to make the United States pay for college tuition. A fewer lives were destroyed. Nobody got better. Thank God my recruiter got a driver's licence to catch me, or else I'd be dead or worse."
"I have PTSD and I inactive wake up crying at night. I besides have a broken leg that I'll most likely gotta deal with for the remainder of my life. Depression. Anger Problems".
"My grandpa returned from Vietnam with severe post-traumatic stress syndrome, tried to drown him in alcohol, beat my father so much and so frequently continues to shake erstwhile he touches him 50 years later. I grew up with an emotionally mutilated father who had PTSD problems due to it. Good times."
"Hmm. Let's see. I lost my friends, I have 38 inches of scars, PTSD and unstable arm and arm that don't work."
"My best friend joined the army right after graduating from advanced school due to the fact that his household was mediocre and he wanted to get his college education. He did his time, and then a small more. erstwhile he was ready to retire, he was sent to Iraq. You sent him back in a box. It destroyed his children."
"Well, my father was sent to Iraq and returned as a completely different person. He couldn't even work in the same occupation he worked 20 years earlier due to anxiety and PTSD. He had nightmares, easy became aggressive and had terrible depression. But the army just gave him pills, now he's 100% disabled, and he's taking a shitty ton of medication. all night he has nightmares, walks around the home barely sleeping, checking all area to make certain everyone is safe. Many of his friends committed suicide."
"Father is simply a disabled Vietnam War veteran who came home with severe PTSD and raging alcoholism. VA has constantly ignored him and his medical needs for years, and he receives very small compensation for everything he has gone through. Thank you so much!"
"I was #USNavy, my husband was #USArmy, served in Bosnia and Iraq, and this nice, shy, comic guy left, replaced by a withdrawn, angry man... A fewer years later he committed suicide... erstwhile individual thanks me for my service, just my head."
"I am permanently disabled due to the fact that I trained with severe pain after I was rejected from the clinic due to "manipulation". It turns out my pelvis was cracked and ended up having to undergo hip surgery erstwhile I was 20."
"My brother went into the army as a rather average man, became a commando (Ft. Ord) and came out of it as a sociopath. He spent the first 3 weeks at home in his area in the dark, leaving only at night erstwhile he thought we were asleep. He started doing crazy things. I haven't seen him since 1993.
"I late attended the ceremony of West Point alumni with a 4-year-old and 7-year-old daughter due to the fact that he blew his face off to escape the PTSD, but it's nothing new".
"I don't know anyone in my household who doesn't have PTSD due to duty. 1 is released from the home for this reason and believes that force is okay. Another (marine) turned into and thought home force was the answer to his wife disobeying his orders.
"My dad served in Vietnam, but after losing close friends and witnessing U.S. killing innocent people, he refused to resettle. He's been suffering from PTSD always since. The bravest thing he did in the army was to refuse to fight again and I am very arrogant of him for it."
"My best advanced school friend was denied psychiatric treatment and forced to return to his 3rd tour in Iraq, even though he had specified a deep trauma that he could barely function. He took a fistful of sleeping pills and shot himself in the head 2 weeks before going on the road."
"With back, hips and knees. deficiency of trust, especially erstwhile you study sexual harassment. Breaking off, fearing losing friends. Missed birthdays, weddings, graduations and funerals. I get a peculiar plate.
"My boy died 10 months ago. He had 3 overseas tours. He returned with severe intellectual illness".
"I'm inactive inside, and I'm in constant pain, and erstwhile I was 19, they recommended a spinal fusion. You won't update my ERB either, so I can't benefit from the educational benefits for which I'm wasted.
"My dad made 2 touring tours in the mediate East, and changes in his personality forever influenced my family. "Advice" VA has a session limit and does not send you to real psychologists. Military service causes a intellectual wellness epidemic that he cannot cope with".
"My best childhood friend lost his head after serving in the Marine Corps and now lives in a closet in his home in Mons and can barely talk to anyone. He only smokes pot and drinks cough syrup that he steals due to the fact that he can't keep his job."
"After returning from Afghanistan... Actually, I don't even want to talk about it. Just know that my PTSD, sick back, headaches, chronic pain, knee pain, and another things regret that I would never sign this contract. IT WAS NOT worth the pain that I will endure for the remainder of my life."
"My cousin served and returned only to diagnose his schizophrenia and PTSD. There were nights erstwhile he locked himself in the bathroom and stayed in the corner due to the fact that he saw the bodies in the bathtub. Driving on the highway, he had another episode and drove into a barrier, consuming his jeep in flames and burning alive. My father besides served, and he never erstwhile spoke of what he witnessed and what he had to do. He said it's not something anyone should be arrogant of."
"I was sexually assaulted by a servant at the age of 17 erstwhile I visited my sister at her base and then again at the age of 18. My friend became addicted to k2 and died after va refused to aid him with his intellectual health. Another maid friend was sexually abused by her colleague and was blamed for it".
"I spent 10 years in the army. I worked 15 hours a day to make certain my soldiers were taken care of. In exchange for my hard work, I was rewarded with 3 military rapes. I've never been promoted to a rank that would change anything. And I have a suicide attempt. Fuck you!"
"In fact, I didn't get into service due to the fact that I was sexually assaulted by 3 of my classmates during the military academy preparatory program. They attended the academy and are inactive officers in active service. I'm out of the program, and I have PTSD."
"My father's successful military career taught him that he has the right to usage force to force people to do what he wants due to the fact that America gave him that power".
"While I was busy framing propaganda posters with the inscription 'First soldiers and families' (lol), my best friend went to 'Iraku', but he never came back. Though he returned alive, he was no longer the fun, carefree, and optimistic individual he was before.
"My husband is paralyzed and cannot control 3/4 of his body now. I have PTSD, anxiety disorder, 2 broken knees, depression, sick back, tinnitus and chronic insomnia. I'd alternatively both never serve.
"This is 1 of the most heartbreaking threads I've always read."
"I'm so sorry. The way we disappoint our servants hurts my heart. My grandpa served in the Korean War and had nightmares until his death at 91. We gotta try."
"My military past is that erstwhile I was in advanced school, recruiters were there all the time – during lunch, at clubs, etc. – aiming at mediocre kids at school. I didn't realize it so far. You chew up people who have nothing in the house, and spit them out."
"I was reasoning of enlisting until I saw that thread. Tough passage.
"I hope the army has adequate courage to read them and realize how badly our soldiers are being mistreated. Thank you and God bless you all in this thread, and besides your loved ones who besides suffer."
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