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Sometimes when Veterans come in, they'll often feel like
they're so agitated from the memories as things get stirred up
as we work in treatment, that they're worried that they're
going to go out and do things that they're afraid of.
So you might be worried about,
"Am I going to do something I might regret?
Am I going to do something that I don't want to do?"
Those are things that I often hear from Veterans,
opening that Pandora's Box, how will I be able to manage that,
and how will that impact the rest of my life?
When people are telling me those kinds of things,
and that would be pretty common to hear that,
I usually let them know that that's a natural reaction to
talking about their traumatic events and really addressing it
and try to help you see that what you're really doing
is moving forward and being courageous.
It's hard to do this, it's challenging work,
but you've already survived the hardest part,
and now we're just working on the memories of what happened.
You're in a safe place, and we're going to help you through it.
It's a team approach, you're not going to do it alone
like you've probably been for all of this time so far.