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re: Question for Iraq/Afghanistan vets and friends of same: (possible trigger alert)
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:53 pm to baybeefeetz
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:53 pm to baybeefeetz
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Do you ever catch yourself trying to block it out of your memory?
Truthfully its never been a problem. Some people are more susceptible to PTSD I guess. I was never really affected by it anymore once I got back to the States. Every person is different.
I also didn't have a close friend get vaporized right next to me either so I can understand some people losing it a bit.
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Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:54 pm to baybeefeetz
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I hope somehow that goes away in time.
Meds help
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:54 pm to baybeefeetz
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IED fear presents unique challenges
Spent a year in Iraq and 15 months in Afghanistan when I was in the Army and IED's were, by far, the biggest mind frick imaginable.
We were hit by several, had several KIA's and even more amputee's. Riding around waiting on it to be your turn will age the shite out of you. I remember hoping that if it were my turn, that it was quick and painless. I didn't want to be the guy missing both legs and an arm.
Seriously, frick IED's.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:56 pm to KajunGator
During ops my mind never wondered or played the what if game. I always had the mind set of when it's your time it's time. I saw things there that left me confused
Posted on 5/6/15 at 2:57 pm to SniperActual6
The more people talk about this the more I realize I have a million questions.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:00 pm to baybeefeetz
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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.
Doesn't bother me. The worst thing I saw was during the invasion. A burned out column of about 10 cars full of families.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:00 pm to KajunGator
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meds help
Specifically, which ones?
And for people who actually served, did you ever feel like talking to a counselor? And if so, did you?
The reason for this thread is that I just was reminded that a kid i grew up with committed suicide after he came back from war. I was just thinking about what he might have gone through. I wasn't great friends with the guy, but I'm sad I'll never run into him again.
And I was thinking about whether talking to someone about the stuff helps or just dredges it all back up in an uncomfortable way. and then I sort of dredged myself, I guess.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:01 pm to SniperActual6
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I saw things there that left me confused
I'm with you on that one
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:02 pm to baybeefeetz
Baghdad 03-04 also. Probably the most general disturbing thing is how some of the kids there lived. They would walk on blacktop with no shoes on 110 degree weather. They were so used to it. Their feet almost looked like shoes.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:04 pm to LEASTBAY
It was interesting to watch all the men stand around and smoke while the women pulled plows.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:06 pm to baybeefeetz
Just don't ask. By the way, being shot at is not the worst part of combat by a long shot. That this made the list shows how far you are from it so don't ask, seriously don't ask.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:06 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
Too late, brah. Toothpaste is out of the tube here. I won't ask anyone in person, though, thanks.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:09 pm to baybeefeetz
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did you ever feel like talking to a counselor? And if so, did you?
I did because I was having anger issues and my wife couldn't even begin to comprehend what war was like. I decided to go after I ripped the the counter top off of our kitchen island during a fight. I was bad off. Talking with a counselor did wonders for me and probably saved my marriage and kept me from going off the deep end. A lot of the stigma associated with seeking counseling has been removed with all of the recent suicides.
My best friend from the Army committed suicide about a year ago and I personally know three more guys that have as well. There's a lot of guys struggling right now. A bunch of us have set up private FB pages so we can get on there and vent about shite that only the guys you served with would understand in the hope of helping guys move on.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:10 pm to baybeefeetz
Tbh, I don't have much desire, at all, to talk about stuff like that with people who can't relate.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:11 pm to LEASTBAY
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Baghdad 03-04 also
No shite...what Unit?
2nd Armored Cav here. I was at Camp War Eagle
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:12 pm to DesertTiger44
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I did because I was having anger issues and my wife couldn't even begin to comprehend what war was like. I decided to go after I ripped the the counter top off of our kitchen island during a fight. I was bad off. Talking with a counselor did wonders for me and probably saved my marriage and kept me from going off the deep end. A lot of the stigma associated with seeking counseling has been removed with all of the recent suicides.
My best friend from the Army committed suicide about a year ago and I personally know three more guys that have as well. There's a lot of guys struggling right now. A bunch of us have set up private FB pages so we can get on there and vent about shite that only the guys you served with would understand in the hope of helping guys move on.
Except for what's happened to some of the guys you know and your countertop destruction, that's all very fricking cool. Glad you worked on your shite.
How would it come about? Like would you just be having issues and your wife wouldn't understand or show empathy? And then that would make you mad and you would fight? Feel free to ignore. Just asking in case you want to explain to somebody who doesn't know shite. I could be helpful to me in my interactions with vets.
This post was edited on 5/6/15 at 3:15 pm
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:13 pm to KajunGator
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2nd Armored Cav here. I was at Camp War Eagle
I was there in '04-'05 with the 82nd. We were attached to 1/9 CAV and worked out of Predator Palace locking down Hafia street.
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:14 pm to DesertTiger44
Speicher and mchenry same time frame
This post was edited on 5/6/15 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:15 pm to baybeefeetz
My buddy was a medic in the first gulf war and said he injured both wrists from fapping too much. 
Posted on 5/6/15 at 3:17 pm to BigEdLSU
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Tbh, I don't have much desire, at all, to talk about stuff like that with people who can't relate.
I guess that's fair. Somehow kind of stings, though. Also, do you think a professional counselor is not likely to be able to relate?
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