Mental Health and the military... a thread/rant

Being a member of the military, I personally am tired. Tired physically, mentally from only a couple of years in. By no means am I saying I’ve “endured the u speakable worst” but then again, let us remember that ‘worst’ is a subjective term. Everyone’s suffering is different.

I am also tired emotionally. I refuse to list out all of the many things I’ve gone through only in the past few years during my contract. I feel it would take away from my initial point(s) of this thread. I will, however, share one experience that I know hits home to many.

One of my best friends succeeded in taking his own life in October of last year. It wasn’t just ‘sad’ and it didn’t simply hurt - I was appalled. Fortunately throughout my childhood I’d never lost anyone close to me so death was a fairly new concept that I was ill-prepared for.