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It was really hard to trust people

Learn more about PTSD from Suzanne Allen (US Air Force, 1990-1993, 1996-2013) and other Veterans who’ve been there: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/AboutFace

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It was really hard to trust people,

and I truly believe that
trust also goes back

to growing up believing that
you can't trust white people.

And that was really hard for me because

on the other side of this
table was this white woman

and I'm supposed to
tell her all my problems

and trust that she's going to help me.

So there was still that
little bit of anxiety

from growing up and the things
I grew up and believed in.

And it was hard at the
beginning, but as we went along,

as I started like, breaking the stuff down

the way she showed me
how to break stuff down,

my thoughts and actions and beliefs,

how to correct those
behaviors or how I'm thinking,

how to process it,

it became easier to talk to people.

And now, me personally,

I'm a very vocal person
about mental health.

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