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many people as I can even if saving them seems impossible. I ignore my own emotional needs, another thing that PTSD readily robs me of, and chose to take care of others instead of myself. Sometimes I think I try to help others because it is one of very few ways I am able to feel any sort of emotion. I got to the point that I realized I had to get help or I would lose everything...myself, my life, and my family. This realization, and this acceptance, cost me my Navy career but saved my life. One thing I always told my 'Sailors' when I mentored them was that they needed to recognize when the balance between their work and personal lives was off. The time came when I had to heed my own words, and those 'words' literally saved my life.
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