help

It's no secret that the vast majority of people in distress can get relief by asking for help.  Indeed, most issues get worse when ignored, not better.  This is especially true for veterans where adjustment issues and PTSD mutate into insurmountable obstacles for the lack of professional assistance.  So why, if help is available, do we prolong our suffering by refusing to ask for help? Because that's how we were brought up. I don't mean by our parents or society.  I mean by the military.  The changes a person goes through when joining the military are designed to prepare them [...]