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To: jimfr
No. But conversed with some that have. Their still people.
Then you have no idea what is was like to come home to people that hated you on sight - once friends, relatives and just any one you met up with. Let alone what we had to endure during our service. We are vastly changed people, of which you cannot (by your statement below) comprehend its depth.

Its not something I'd wish on anyone and, certainly not your misguided thought quoted here :

This isolation is a chosen characteristic that they are trained to take on. This chosen characteristic makes healing from experience more difficult. Propping up this chosen characteristic only harms the vets.

There is no 'healing', only learning to live and deal with it.

14 posted on 11/11/2021 8:51:10 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

The flaw in your argument against me is the same is the same flaw used in the vet lonely victim argument and it has two aspects to it. It is possible to have an insight into their experiences and not have the same exact experience and you don’t need to have the same experience to be able to help them.
The flawed argument eliminates possible sources of help to the vets.


15 posted on 11/11/2021 10:00:35 AM PST by jimfr
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