Drugs Suppress Urges Life After Military Explained

It's so easy to make you kill yourself when you don't have a sense of self-preservation. And that's what those drugs do a lot of times. Because they're supposed to stop you from having the impulse to hurt yourself. But the problem is, when you're already committed to hurting yourself, then it stops the impulse to stop you from hurting yourself. Because it's stopping the impulse. And so you just roll with it. The only reason I didn't pull my trigger is because I was like, why don't I want to stop? I found that so interesting. Why don't I want to stop? Why don't I have a sense of self-preservation? It makes no sense. And the curiosity kind of kept me going about it because I intellectualize everything. But yeah, I'm real sexy that way. So that's kind of where that path happens. And that's why those drugs are dangerous. That's why they're dangerous because they don't only just stop the impulse that makes you want to not die. If you already want to die and you're on them, then it stops the impulse that makes you want to stay alive, in my opinion. Yes, sir? not in the military anymore why can't you just you know get on with your life that was a you know that's a four-year block you're done keep moving you know whatever like you're civilian now you're describing us all as war fighters like i definitely agree what would you say to somebody like that like i'm sorry like it's my dna's changed it's the way i am i talk about it all the time because that's the biggest thing since high school that i have to fall back on i'm not talking about football back in the day or whatever it's just All my experiences come from while I was in the military. Got the best friends that I still have, almost died with them. I'm sorry that a lot of my life experiences or the way that I think relates to that, but what would you tell a civilian or significant other, this is why I am the way I am, and why I'm gonna continue that way? Well, I think you just said it. It's just, we gotta pick a couple other words. And one of the words I would say, when you join the military, A, the reason you joined is because you have a certain identity. Okay? But what does the military do is reinforces that identity. And then you get out, I mean, it's like taking a civilian and going, hey, guess what? You're going to be on patrol tonight in Sadr City. And by the way, why can't you just be like us? It's the same thing. They couldn't do that. Now without training, now without mentorship, now without the desire, they couldn't do it. Okay? So it's, when you flip it around the other way, then they kind of go, yeah, okay, that makes sense. They're always going to throw the yeah, but at you. because cognitive dissonance is real and it's very strong. And that's where we as war fighters have to realize that we understand that they don't understand. And that's perfectly fine because we're only in charge of ourselves. Now, do they have some constructive criticism with what they're saying? Yeah. What are they really trying to say? What's the theme behind that? I can't relate to you. That's the theme. I can't relate to you. So instead of trying to create that relating 24-7 with the person, find the common ground and go from there. Find the common ground, go from there. But don't stop talking. That's my suggestion. Somebody else. You had made the statement that you had found some things that worked. What are those working for and how do you incorporate them? Where do you find them? Worked for what? You had mentioned oxygen, stem cell, cannabis. I think there was one other. I'll figure it out again. Hormone replacement, because we are a hormone. I mean, how they work really makes us all work better or differently. Where to find that stuff? Different places. Most places, most doctors do hormone replacement now. It's not uncommon. Hyperbaric oxygen, a little harder to get into. The VA is now doing hyperbaric oxygen. They want to do that.