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<blockquote data-quote="Southern51" data-source="post: 723395" data-attributes="member: 22330"><p>Thank you for the replies. My emotions ARE running wild... It's a real rollercoaster. I've talked about it with my therapist, but I guess it's going to be this way for quite some time.</p><p>My son went voluntarily, but I know he's dealing with cravings. I hope he'll be strong enough to stay there.</p><p>We talked on the phone,and I found out so much that I didn't know earlier. Son was totally overwhelmed by reentering the civilian world. He felt like no one listened to him, and everybody just tried to stick him in the "traumatized veteran" category (no, he doesn't suffer from PTSD). Either that or the "uneducated, lacking in options victim". </p><p>He felt like he couldn't connect to anyone. And worse, he expected himself to just be able to work it out on his own, so he didn't talk to anyone. </p><p>And then his girlfriend broke up with him. A month later he found out that she was pregnant and got an abortion. And it all went downhill from then.</p><p>If only he would have talked to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southern51, post: 723395, member: 22330"] Thank you for the replies. My emotions ARE running wild... It's a real rollercoaster. I've talked about it with my therapist, but I guess it's going to be this way for quite some time. My son went voluntarily, but I know he's dealing with cravings. I hope he'll be strong enough to stay there. We talked on the phone,and I found out so much that I didn't know earlier. Son was totally overwhelmed by reentering the civilian world. He felt like no one listened to him, and everybody just tried to stick him in the "traumatized veteran" category (no, he doesn't suffer from PTSD). Either that or the "uneducated, lacking in options victim". He felt like he couldn't connect to anyone. And worse, he expected himself to just be able to work it out on his own, so he didn't talk to anyone. And then his girlfriend broke up with him. A month later he found out that she was pregnant and got an abortion. And it all went downhill from then. If only he would have talked to me. [/QUOTE]
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