Update to "new here an really bummed out"
You guys may or may not see this, since I started it about a year or so ago. The update is that I am now Retired form the Army, I am still going through the Divorce (I am ready for that SOB to be over with soon), my earlier retirement was cancelled, and I had to try again, twice, before I finally got to retire.
I have been retired now for about 11 days and am supposed to start a new job tomorrow in DC. I am scared but also excited to get moving on this. The Army was all I had known for the last 21 years and now I am no longer in it. So far every thing has worked out well, I even found a house in the DC area on the first day (and with 4 pets, that is a true Herculean feat). I ended up going back to Germany for the last year and had an Army Psychiatrist for counseling, I probably could have had better, but he kept me medicated for about 6 months. I guess that helped me get over the depression.
What helped me out the most was that I found a friend (a girl) who had been abused even worse that I could have imagined (she had been sold into slavery and all kinds of other things to horrible to mention by her father). We were able to talk to each other about our experiences and, while I don't think I will ever be "healed," I believe that I am at a place that things can be "normal" (relative, I know) for me. It also helped her, too. She had never been able to truly talk to any one else about her experiences.
This can go on really long, so I will just sum it up by saying that I seem to be doing OK here. If there are any ones out there in the DC area, I would like to talk with them. I don't know if I should continue to talk about it, or should I just "let it go" now?
Any advise?
I have been retired now for about 11 days and am supposed to start a new job tomorrow in DC. I am scared but also excited to get moving on this. The Army was all I had known for the last 21 years and now I am no longer in it. So far every thing has worked out well, I even found a house in the DC area on the first day (and with 4 pets, that is a true Herculean feat). I ended up going back to Germany for the last year and had an Army Psychiatrist for counseling, I probably could have had better, but he kept me medicated for about 6 months. I guess that helped me get over the depression.
What helped me out the most was that I found a friend (a girl) who had been abused even worse that I could have imagined (she had been sold into slavery and all kinds of other things to horrible to mention by her father). We were able to talk to each other about our experiences and, while I don't think I will ever be "healed," I believe that I am at a place that things can be "normal" (relative, I know) for me. It also helped her, too. She had never been able to truly talk to any one else about her experiences.
This can go on really long, so I will just sum it up by saying that I seem to be doing OK here. If there are any ones out there in the DC area, I would like to talk with them. I don't know if I should continue to talk about it, or should I just "let it go" now?
Any advise?
