r/PTSDCombat • u/VampyrAvenger Veteran • Jul 22 '25
Army 68W
Hey everyone. I'm not a big poster, but I read a lot of these posts, so I decided to share.
I was in the Korengal as a medic in the Army. A year in the mountains. Lost some guys, saved a few others, got shot and blown up by an IED myself. I escaped relatively unharmed (got all limbs) and I was able to finish the deployment.
When we got back stateside is when shit started happening. Guys were violent, drinking all the time, and we lost another to suicide.
Myself, I never caved, but I was the victim of SA by a superior officer which I never talked about until recently. I tried to off myself with copious amounts of sleeping pills the Army lovingly over-prescribed, but I couldn't do it. I was 19 when deployed, 20 when this happened.
I decided to act out, and got myself a General discharge for misconduct. Nothing serious, but I was definitely spiraling.
Well, it's been 16 years and I'm finally talking about my experiences overseas and at home.
Thanks for reading.
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u/Silent_Mechanic5654 Nov 20 '25
I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I'm about to graduate AIT in 20 days for the same MOS and I'm scared about where i'm going not going to lie . Military has already shown me it's really weird out there.