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Question for Iraq/Afghanistan vets and friends of same: (possible trigger alert)
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:32 pm
What do you tell people/what do you hear was the most traumatic part of serving there?
eta:
I'm sure getting shot at was the biggest one, but there may be other answers out there that I don't know about. Hence the thread.
eta:
I'm sure getting shot at was the biggest one, but there may be other answers out there that I don't know about. Hence the thread.
This post was edited on 5/6/15 at 2:48 pm
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:33 pm to baybeefeetz
I don't ask vets about their service because they are probably tired of people asking and I don't care.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:34 pm to baybeefeetz
IEDs and boredom are what I hear most.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:35 pm to baybeefeetz
Obviously accuse them of stolen valor.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:35 pm to baybeefeetz
quote:
What do you tell people/what do you hear was the most traumatic part of serving there?
I was told by a guy the most traumatic part was seeing his friends face blown off 3 feet away.
ETA: What kind of question is this anyway?
This post was edited on 5/6/15 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:37 pm to Clyde Tipton
quote:
What kind of question is this anyway?
You ask like you have a problem with it. If so, what is the problem?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:37 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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I don't ask vets about their service
smart
quote:
I don't care.
Makes you sound like a total dik.
Gulf War 91 here.....seeing non-combatants (children particularly) blown to shite or suffering. Very difficult.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:38 pm to RedTigerRulz
I don't really ask anyone about their job unless I have to.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:39 pm to RedTigerRulz
Thanks for the response, Red. I wish you didn't have to see that shite.
Do you ever catch yourself trying to block it out of your memory?
Do you ever catch yourself trying to block it out of your memory?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:39 pm to baybeefeetz
quote:
what is the problem?
I don't mind answering because it was what I was told. It just seems a little forward to ask this kind of question to someone who was there.
Similar to seeing a guy fresh out of prison and asking how the anal intercourse was.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:40 pm to Clyde Tipton
I'm not exactly confronting people here. People are free to respond or not. I can see you feeling that way if I just went up to a dude and asked him on the street, though.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:43 pm to Slinky
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IEDs
I figured some would say that, so I was wondering: does the thought of an IED being in the road pop into one's mind as much as the thought of being shot at? Like I wonder if people who never even saw an IED explode still have a hard time dealing with the memory of the fear. Like I feel IED fear presents unique challenges.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:45 pm to baybeefeetz
You're just going around triggering people. Why do this?
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:45 pm to baybeefeetz
quote:
I figured some would say that, so I was wondering: does the thought of an IED being in the road pop into one's mind as much as the thought of being shot at? Like I wonder if people who never even saw an IED explode still have a hard time dealing with the memory of the fear. Like I feel IED fear presents unique challenges.
Rightly or wrongly, you feel like you can do something about it when you're in a firefight.
Getting blown up is a pretty helpless feeling. Chasing ghosts.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:47 pm to BRgetthenet
quote:
You're just going around triggering people. Why do this?
Are you people serious? This concept is foreign to me, but if this is a bad thing, I'm sorry.
Here, I'll edit the title.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:48 pm to baybeefeetz
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does the thought of an IED being in the road pop into one's mind as much as the thought of being shot at?
I was in Baghdad (Sadr City) from 03-04 and still get an uneasy feeling when I pass a pile of trash on the road...
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:48 pm to baybeefeetz
I thought the chaos after an attack started was the toughest. Not because you saw your buddy get wounded but because it's deficult to control everything. Once it hits the fan your trying to give medical treatment to your buddy, fire back at enemy, call medicavac, and bring planes in to bomb. There is a lot of confusion happening and you can't comprehend it till you step away from it.
This post was edited on 5/6/15 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:51 pm to KajunGator
frickin a. That's bad. I hope somehow that goes away in time. I can't even imagine what that's like. Honestly, the closest thing I can relate to it is not wanting to hear a certain song on the radio because it brings back bad memories of being miserable at a certain point.
Plus, if you are in Louisiana, it's like non-stop triggers with all those trashy arse litterers. I have litter even more now.
Plus, if you are in Louisiana, it's like non-stop triggers with all those trashy arse litterers. I have litter even more now.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:53 pm to SniperActual6
Personally, I found things a little easier when it all went to shite. At least then I knew what what happening and what I needed to do. It was when things stayed quiet that I started getting nervous.
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