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I returned from
Afghanistan in September of 2016
and then essentially was moved
into a new position
away from that
group
that I was on my tour with.
And so
navigating, moving that change,
moving to a new duty station,
getting on to an entire new
location and group of people,
you already are kind of caught
up in the day
to day of that change.
So it puts those other things
on the back burner.
But then
a year later,
I had my first daughter
and navigating having her
in an army setting while
having kind of some of the space
and time to sit
with where my emotions had been
that hadn't been addressed
made it difficult
to really figure out
what was wrong.
And I sought help
after the birth of my daughter
because I could feel that
I wasn't right.
And that is one that
I really got with a therapist
that was able to work with me
and identify the difference
between the combat exposure
with just that piece,
but then also the moral injury
of being in that combat exposure
and not being a help -
able to help,
which goes against my core value
of service
and protection of others.