This isn't about weapons, fuck it, ban me. I know some of

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>>34748722
Hey man, think of your friends, and people who you care about. You'll get some shitty answers from the niggers on here, but you know that the crap on here is enjoyable. Power through this.

>>34748756
>You'll get some shitty answers from the niggers on here

this op

i believe in you and thank you for your service,
i hope you get through this

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>>34748722

>>34748722

Not exactly the best place to be looking for advice my dude. You kind of know the answers you're going to get here.

>>34748722
Have you considered seeking professional help op

Not a shitpost, seriously

PTSD is just a wound you can't see. Needs treating like anything else.

I'm not a veteran so I can't tell you what to do. What I can say is thank you for your service and good luck. Also stay away from the drugs and alcohol, I've had too many family members drink themselves into a shell of themselves trying to forget shit.

>>34748722
get some help buddy. dont be a statistic.

>>34748722

You should seek professional help, not ask for it from a bunch of cross dressing, Dragon dildo fucking retards.

>>34748722
Go camping for awhile. That's what all the WW2 guys were telling the Nam guys when I was a kid.

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>>34748808
I will

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Best thing I can say OP is stay away from drugs and alcohol. I found it best when I got a hobby and something positive to take up my time. This obviously doesn't work for everyone. But the staying away from drugs and alcohol bit is very important. I found smoking weed can help some, but to each their own. If anything reach out to people that you can relate to, talking helps. Love you OP, I know the ride never ends, but, it does get better. Keep your head up dude.

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>>34748884
Same person here, feel free to reach out to me in some way. A lot of people will never understand what it's like and I'd hate for you to do something stupid.

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>>34748756
>>34748775
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>>34748841
>tfw you realize /k/ is actually the nicest and most caring board
I hope things get better for you op

>>34748902
I won't, honestly one of my platoons old medics shot himself a few months ago. It sucks and the reverberations of it were more than expected. I could never do that consciously, I'ts just scary sometimes when it seems like theres no way out. I'm going to call a crisis line right now because I don't want to put my buddies through that again. Thanks /k/, disregard my moment of weakness.

>>34748722

Time to get back in there then. Nothing like the hair of the dog that bit you to get you past that.

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>>34748943
Same person still, it isn't a moment of weakness. Normal people will never understand what we did, or what we are still going through. Please OP, don't do something foolish. Also you could baker act yourself if you're really feeling that close to the edge. Reach out to everyone you can I am sure they'll listen and it isn't anything about being weak.

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>>34749186
Thanks brother I'm going to be alright. I've seen the effects of suicide and that's not what I wanna do. I'm going to go back to the TBI clinic. I'm not gonna let it win, thanks.

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>>34749301
Stay strong bud, it'll get better.

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>>34748836
This might not be a curative measure, but it really helps me when I'm feeling like that. Get out into the woods, you don't have to really do anything, just being out there can have a big impact on how you feel. Don't stay inside.
God be with you anon.

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>>34748722
If it's combat related PTSD I think I can help OP

Airsoft

Hear me out

Recreating the setting of combat in a controlled environment where everything is a game can help get you reaclimated to what combat is like, and over time ease the associated anxieties. For example re-learning yourself that hearing a shot going off doesn't mean someone just died, or the "fatal funnel" doesn't have a dude with an RPK inside of it, or that walking along a road won't trigger an IED and blow your buddy to pieces. I took my brother airsofting after I had heard about the effects, he was in the army and got deployed to Fallujah to help clean up, saw some shit, few buddies got killed, got schooled first hand on what a "body bomb" was. After a year of on and off airsoft games at least 2 or 3 times a month, it was visible how much better he was, even if he never said so.

So if that's what your particular breed of PTSD is OP, consider it, there's bound to be a group near you, rentals are an option if you can't afford gear.

Keep chugging along m8, suicide is a permanent solution to what is most definitely a temporary problem.

>>34749455
I'll do it, thank you. Is paintball almost the same thing? I can't feel airsoft as much.

>>34749528
Paintball could work if you want to test the waters but it's not nearly as authentic.

You could give it a try first but I really don't recommend you cheap out on something like this. Ignore the memes you hear about airsoft if that's what's putting you off, there's shitty or annoying people in every fandom.

I'll give you another personal tip too, you've probably already tried it but, Saint Johns Wort supplements, slightly less potent than prescription antidepressants and can be bought from many pharmacies or ordered online. Helped me when I felt directionless, got off them after 2 months, now I'm taking multiple online courses in entrepreneurial businesses, never felt so sure about myself in my life.

Just keep in mind, you sought out help, that means deep down you don't actually want to die.

>>34749588
I don't, I know I never wanted to. Thanks I will try both. Airsoft and the supplements. Thanks anon.

>>34749681
One last thing, sorry this is all coming to me slowly

Everything is an inevitability, get into that mindset. Your experience with airsoft is an inevitability, your taking St. John's Wort is an inevitability, your subsequent recovery is an inevitability, all the little steps you take to doing each goal you set are inevitability. If you have to, pretend you have the confidence needed to get things done.

Anecdote; I recently went to a strip club for the first time, saw a woman in her birthday suit for the first time as well. I was shaking like a leaf the entire way there desu, but my head was clear. I've been practicing confidence in body language, and it's astounding how easy you can trick yourself, because when I actually got into the club, body shut itself off and let me take control. Sat int he front row, got a pair of titties smacked on my face in less than 2 minutes, slid a single up the dancer's chest and between her boobs where she pressed them together and took the bill from me, slid my fingers back down her belly in one motion, cool as a cucumber. I didn't even think about it, and that's the key, not thinking about it too hard.

You overthink, you get anxious, and you end up sitting on your hands, and it's hard to grab a pair of titties when they're firmly tucked under your ass.

>>34749777
What the fuck?

>>34749798
Sorry, was the personal anecdote a bit much? Point stands, especially the quote at the end, I'll have to remember that one.

>attempt suicide at age of 14, after years of worsening depression
>fail
>mother diagnosed with cancer later that year
>think "can't suicide now, would literally kill mother"
>end up graduating high school
>mother dies
>think, "can't suicide any more, mother deserved better children than that"
>end up as a B student with a reasonably good career path laid out

So what I'm getting at is that humans have the ability to overcome almost all obstacles if they choose to.

Also, if you have any family members that can die on you, it might work.

Thanks for reading my blog

>>34749777
Holy shit you're such a fucking day.

OP don't listen to this fuck, airsoft doesn't help like you think it would. People say that shit to justify their gay hobby, anything you do to take your mind off of it will help. Masturbation and vidya were my stress reliever. Just find something for you.

>>34750238
*fag

>>34750238
Ah thanks for reminding me

I'd recommend against videogames and masturbation too OP, one eats up time and the other deprives you of willpower, see how bitter this anon has become because of it.

>>34750263
Rather be bitter and not wanting to die than be a weak beta who's afraid of titties.

>>34750238
Can't you comprehend the hypocrisy in your own comment? What if he ends up liking it, you insufferable cunt?

>>34750283
You probably didn't read the post then

There's also something called having ambition and said ambitions taking up your free time, try it some time, maybe you won't be so insufferable and out to drag everyone's definition of success down to your level.

>>34748722
You need to talk to somebody. Start here.

https://activeheroes.org/get-help/?gclid=CPyywdTSvNUCFUuXfgodg6oMJA

Another option is to find a therapist on your own dime. If you have Tricare, here's the tl;dr on what they cover-

https://www.tricare.mil/~/media/Files/TRICARE/Publications/FactSheets/Mental_Health_FS.pdf

I was in counselling for 6 years. It really does help to have somebody to talk to.

>>34748836
This, came home from last deploymentwith the DOD it was a bad one too,worse than the 3 before put together, was all over the place emotionally and mentally my paw paw who fought in WWII told me to hit the woods for a week,I did felt great,in that first year home I spent as much of my time as I could in the woods,honestly think it saved my life.

>>34750548
What was Paw paws' MOS?

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>>34748722
I know it's hard to hear, but it's not a meme, talk to somebody qualified. There comes a point where you don't know what you don't know about suicidal depression and PTSD.
You've said you'd get help so I won't harp on it any more but just know this, if you ever need a buddy to shoot the shit with hit me up @[email protected] if you're ever in PA. Might do a /k/ rangeday in PA in November anyway but yeah dude stay frosty keep your chin up and step off

>>34748722
easy, i didnt kill any women or children

>>34750804
I'd have to look at his discharge papers I have them somewhere, found them after he passed and was going through his stuff, had the original not sure if it was called dd214 back then or not.

>>34750981
Do know after the war he was sent back to DC where the 1st lady saw him and a buddy doing donuts on 1600 in a snow plow instead of plowing the snow

>>34750981
>>34751017
kek, forget how they still did silly shit like that back then, at least none of my 3 grandpas did anything really crazy during WW2

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>>34748722
No real advice. Just a bump and some encouragement. Don't worry Anon, it gets better.

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