Posted on May 8, 2018
Veterans Need To Be Honest About Their Loneliness And Boredom After Serving
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Veterans Need To Be Honest About Their Loneliness And Boredom After Serving
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As always, this is 1. Situational and 2. Individual needs based.
If you have natural groups like church or service or a job waiting for you, this may not be a problem. If you left the service either through separation or retirement without a plan or some sort of connection, it well could be. Studies show a much higher rate of early death, heart disease and other medical issues for those without social connections.
LTC Stephen F. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CPT Jack Durish SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL TSgt Joe C. SPC Margaret Higgins Sgt Deborah Cornatzer Sgt Kelli Mays Col (Join to see) SSG Jon Hill LTC Terrence Farrier, PhD SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Maj Kim Patterson Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. COL Mikel J. Burroughs SPC Douglas Bolton SGT (Join to see)
If you have natural groups like church or service or a job waiting for you, this may not be a problem. If you left the service either through separation or retirement without a plan or some sort of connection, it well could be. Studies show a much higher rate of early death, heart disease and other medical issues for those without social connections.
LTC Stephen F. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CPT Jack Durish SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL TSgt Joe C. SPC Margaret Higgins Sgt Deborah Cornatzer Sgt Kelli Mays Col (Join to see) SSG Jon Hill LTC Terrence Farrier, PhD SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Maj Kim Patterson Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. COL Mikel J. Burroughs SPC Douglas Bolton SGT (Join to see)
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
No argument there, without those plans and focus it can be self defeating and have very poor results. As a civilian Police Officer I have encountered veterans with some serious problems but once they learned for example I was a Viet Nam Veteran Myself they listened to me and We made what might have been a much worse situation better. I was patient and was able to calm them down and defuse things. In many cases they were not in good health and carried very little in social skills. Many were lost in the civilian world without the structure they had in the Military and didn't adapt well.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
With the Vietnam vets we have to temember that many weren't volunteers, there was no TAP program, no college credit for tech school if you were licky enough to go and a lot more drug and alcohol availability.
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Although some do find that isolation once they leave the service and no longer have their fellow Military Members around I don't think that applies to everyone. Some fall very quickly into the civilian world and get established. I had no problem making new friends both at part time work, as a full time student, college sports, yearbook staff, sports writer for the college newspaper, college social activities and functions, active member of Civil Air Patrol and received MY BS degree and immediately started as a full time Police Officer and approx. one year after going on the Department My girlfriend and I were married. I also enjoyed traveling and did. Adaption isn't hard if You just decide what You want to do, aim there and do it. If You sit there lonely and bored that can be avoided without a lot of effort. Take charge of Your own life and decide what You want out of it.
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