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I went through a series of psychiatrists at the VA
because of rotations, et cetera
and I finally got this one psychiatrist that I was very,
very, comfortable with.
She was very empathetic towards Veterans.
She had lived with PTSD all her life and I laid it out for her.
And then I hit her with the two dollar question
and I said, "Am I nuts?
Because I see other people and when I see them do those kind
of things, I think they're nuts."
And for the first time in my life, I was validated.
She told me, she said, "Bob, you are reacting normally
to every abnormal situation in your life."
She said, "Anybody that had gone
through what you have gone through, sustained losses
that you have sustained, been in life-threatening circumstances
and situations, been in combat,
any other person would react that way."
And my God, I felt a sense of normalcy.