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Walking into the psychological ward of your hospital is unsettling.

Laurent G. Taillefer II, US Army 2003 - 2006, talks about why he didn't ask for help with his PTSD right away.

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There is something about walking into the

psychological ward of your hospital that is unsettling,

sitting in the waiting room that is unsettling.

You sit there worried that people are going to whisper

and think, you know, "What's going on with that guy?

Something must be wrong."

And really, it's that thinking that you got to work against.

Every time I sit in the waiting room, what shocks me

is the guy behind the counter, the guy behind the desk,

he's on the phone to other Veterans who are too scared

to be in that waiting room right now.

They're too scared to admit that anything's wrong

even though their relationship's deteriorating

with their wife or their kids.

Or they're having trouble at work.

They're having trouble keeping things together.

They're having trouble not yelling at their own kids

over little stuff, kids' stuff.

These guys don't want to come in.

These guys are scared.

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