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<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-853637"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fthis-navy-veteran-shares-how-group-therapy-and-writing-poetry-helped-him-find-balance-hear-michael-s-story-f71e1631-dce7-4cb2-bd2c-854ca5620127%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=This+Navy+Veteran+shares+how+group+therapy+and+writing+poetry+helped+him+find+balance+%7C+Hear+Michael%27s+Story&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fthis-navy-veteran-shares-how-group-therapy-and-writing-poetry-helped-him-find-balance-hear-michael-s-story-f71e1631-dce7-4cb2-bd2c-854ca5620127&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AThis Navy Veteran shares how group therapy and writing poetry helped him find balance | Hear Michael&#39;s Story%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/this-navy-veteran-shares-how-group-therapy-and-writing-poetry-helped-him-find-balance-hear-michael-s-story-f71e1631-dce7-4cb2-bd2c-854ca5620127" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="js-track-native-ad" target="_blank" data-native-ad-id="2708" href="https://www.maketheconnection.net/stories/932/?utm_source=rallypoint&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=va_mtc_native_rallypoint&amp;utm_term=native-platform&amp;utm_content=michael.932_ph-p-urban-blue"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/853/637/large_v3/f359d58.jpeg" alt="F359d58" /></a></div></div>After joining the U.S. Navy at age 18, Michael felt changed by his deployment and realized he wanted to do more with his life. After he reached out to VA for help, attending group therapy and writing poetry helped him work through his challenges and find balance in his life.

2024-03-05T13:30:06-05:00 2024-03-05T13:30:06-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 8686640

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks for the share.

2024-03-05T14:11:22-05:00 2024-03-05T14:11:22-05:00 Sgt Douglas Berger 8690970

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Mine is focus on family and golf. My Dr. suggested it was time for me to quit fighting and enjoy life. It made me think of early times when my biggest challenge was making a fish hook out of a safety pin. I was happy and no stress.

2024-03-09T10:16:17-05:00 2024-03-09T10:16:17-05:00 SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL 8692261

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>thanks for sharing

2024-03-10T17:37:13-04:00 2024-03-10T17:37:13-04:00 SGT Mary G. 8694265

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Getting outside and being part of life in nature always seems to be therapeutic. It prepares one to add people to the mix - when trusting people has lead to problems that require recovery.

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