If you had ptsd instead of this teenage drama bullshit everyone would treat you differently.The three of you should start a counseling group for Vets with PTSD. I can just see the suicide rates fall tremendously. All the compassion! LOL!
If you had ptsd instead of this teenage drama bullshit everyone would treat you differently.The three of you should start a counseling group for Vets with PTSD. I can just see the suicide rates fall tremendously. All the compassion! LOL!
If you had ptsd instead of this teenage drama bullshit everyone would treat you differently.
First off, I would say do away with the arrogant attitude about civilians. The military does plenty to indoctrinate us with this idea about how we are superior to civilians because we are tough and determined to accomplish our mission and they are just stupid, lazy, and lack situational awareness.
It's all mental because the military has taught you to be arrogant and overly prideful about being a service member.
Really? Because he's plastering it all over this postA guy who put 20 in does not "have" teenage drama bullshit.
The service may preach esprit de corps, service before self, honor and integrity, but arrogance to civilians ain't one of them
Any regards to be being weak are furthest from the truth. I made this post because I went from a life that had many highs and lows where I was "strong" throughout all of it. Now I've settled into a life that is easy that does not have all those highs and lows. Constant change of deployments, duty stations, shore duty, sea duty for 20 years and here I am...stationary. If you can't see how that would get to someone...even if just for a day...I don't know what to say. You could understand how it could affect someone who was a Navy Seal or Sniper but even to the smallest degree not another service member just due to life of it? I simply need something to fill the void, how does one find that out here?(rhetorical)Maybe you feel like it's a mistake because we have never had the luxury of someone holding our hand or betraying us into compliance in this sink or swim life.
The military does I doctrinate you immensely to conform to a strict standard that failing to live up to gets you in big trouble. S
people like that because they are strong. Some people need that because they are weak. Which are you?
You need to ask yourself what this post is REALLY about.
Any regards to be being weak are furthest from the truth. I made this post because I went from a life that had many highs and lows where I was "strong" throughout all of it. Now I've settled into a life that is easy that does not have all those highs and lows. Constant change of deployments, duty stations, shore duty, sea duty for 20 years and here I am...stationary. If you can't see how that would get to someone...even if just for a day...I don't know what to say. You could understand how it could affect someone who was a Navy Seal or Sniper but even to the smallest degree not another service member just due to life of it? I simply need something to fill the void, how does one find that out here?
Yeah, instead you said "Perspective however from either side of the fence is welcomed."I definitely made a mistake when posting this. I should have said Civilians need not respond with your ignorant posts. You have not made that transition so why did I even ask for your opinion, mistake. I do appreciate those who have not made the transition that still gave support. Honestly. For the Military people thanks even if for the constructive criticism. For the record, I never said Military was better, it's different...way different. When you spend your entire adult life doing one then going to another it's a culture shock. I had one bad day, made a post and got ate up for it. I never said I was perfect, I have made my fair share of mistakes in life. Honestly all I needed was 75% of this post in how other Military people handled it. A week ago I might have been the tuff guy but other night I was not that guy. I was asked for a little guidance, from people that have been through it and how they handled it. Nothing more. This thread is dead.
Not trying to offend, but to call a person's individual reaction to changing life situations weak or lacking strength somehow without really knowing anything about that person seems like total guesswork and full of crap..
Where in god's name does this bullshit come from. If you served and pulled this from your service, you ****ing got it wrong.
The service may preach esprit de corps, service before self, honor and integrity, but arrogance to civilians ain't one of them. That a service member might miss serving with people who have been taught those things is not really so shocking. Goddamn is there some stupid shit in this thread.
If you served in the Marines then you definitely heard it. The words "nasty civilians" was thrown around liberally when I was in and there was certainly an attitude that civilians were lesser and that you needed to leave all of those bad civilian habits behind. And maybe that was just to make you feel more accomplished or confident as they were attempting to build Marines who saw themselves as something different.
Whether what I said resonates with the OP then that is up to him. I dont necessarily believe that what I said is spot on what he needs to do but from his original post that is something I saw so I posted what I did. You certainly dont have any place to say that what I said is right or wrong. We likely come from very different military backgrounds so who are you to say that yours was like mine?