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I have a question for the veterans on this site. I am not sure if any of you came back with anxiety and/or PTSD, but how have you folks dealt with it?

Actually I have 2 questions. When did you first start dealing with the issues?

As most of you know, I was beaten by my own father which ended at 12 years old with a concussion and black left eye. I was still berated as "stupid" and "hopeless" all of those years. Yet I tried to make the best of a bad situation.

20's I worked non stop between lawncare services in sales, to the 2007 mortgage implosion, to getting a CDL. I still worked weekend days at a hockey shop as well. No social life just like my childhood except going to a nearby gym. Picked up hockey at 21 so I could learn something and pass it on.

30's, more of the same except I was coaching travel hockey for 2 good years. The mandates came for not just my job at Shred-It, but the rink too. Still getting berated by family for the stupid label. I guess it's stupid when you miss a bomb on ...