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For my immediate family, my mother and father, my brothers
and sisters, I'm the middle of five kids,
I never ever talked about my deployments.
Matter of fact, I don't think I ever really started talking
about my deployments 'til this last one.
They had no idea what I had done.
I didn't even release photos for,
I think after my second deployment,
I started releasing photos.
I had tons, but I it was something I kept within myself.
I look back now and a lot had to do with the signs
and symptoms of,
it was something I had to keep to myself.
I didn't want to expose
that maybe there was something wrong with me.
And so, I became very isolated.
I joined the Army 2003, I didn't see my parents again until 2005.
I missed my sister's wedding.
I really truly became isolated.
I'd say PTSD at the beginning really hindered relations
with my family but I think towards the end
and how I've come to live with it, it's become great.