Transcript
One of the things that we worked on was
to help me understand
that it wasn't my fault,
and that
I needed to always ask myself,
why do I think that it was my fault?
What did I do to cause it from happening?
And I realized, well, I didn't do anything
to cause it from happening.
I did what I was told.
I went to get that shot
at the Corpsman's office.
And, I know I did what
I was supposed to do,
but I learned that I didn't have control
over what he did,
and that I only have
control over what I do now.
And so I choose now to
always remind myself
if I ever start thinking about it,
that it wasn't my fault,
and that I did try to stop it,
but I just wasn't strong enough I guess.
My therapist has really,
had really helped me through all of that.
And I remember the
first time she's saying,
"Michael, you know that
it wasn't your fault".
And for me to finally admit
that it wasn't my fault really
was a very emotional time for me.