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[quote=DODGER,308141]In past conflicts there was never any sort of counseling given to returning soldiers.
Many hundreds of thousand of combatants returned from all sides after World War One & Two broken men, both physically and mentally.
Returning to civilian life is never an easy step. From a world where you can and are expected to trust the man or woman next to you. From an environment that fosters mate ship and camaraderie that civilians will never understand to an environment with completely different values. The adjustments needed in mind set are huge. Some fail. 
These men and women that serve us all in our respective Forces are not super human beings. If they do appear to be” fearless and callous” on the outside it is just a mask that they are expected to wear. Their countries expect much of them.
Some are taught skills that are completely useless in civilian life. New life skills need to be learnt.
It is only now that there is some form of counseling available that the wider public is becoming more aware of the mental and not just physical traumas that these people go through.
I had always thought that my step father was a little crazy but I have never been under attack by submarines or dive bombed.
By the time I came to understand what real fear meant he was dead so I never got to say sorry. 
Dodger.
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