Transcript
We were working in a motor pool in Afghanistan.
And I kind of knew something wasn't right with me
but I thought it was just stress.
And I got into a fight with another NCO.
It was the third time, I believe, I got into a fight.
So they told me I have, I was command referral
to go see the sick station, the aid station.
When I went over there, they asked me a bunch of questions.
I had no idea I was getting angry about it
and then they sent me to the Air Force to see a Colonel.
He was a psychiatrist.
And he asked me about, for about an hour, he talked to me
and asked me questions, and they told me to go back to my unit.
And when I went to the unit, my first time,
my Commander was waiting on me,
mad because why, I had to go home now.
I said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
And that's when he told me that they had diagnosed me with that
and I didn't want to leave.
And my Commander helped me stay, and they gave me Zoloft.
They put me on medication and that's how I knew what I had.
But it was hard to get treatment there
because we were always moving so I didn't go see anybody.
Now, I knew what I had and I felt better with the medication.
I wasn't that angry anymore and I thought things better,
instead of just acting on impulse.
Then when we came back, that's when I started treatment.
I went to see VA and they started me
on treatment and it was good.