Many veterans focus on military trauma, but the truth is more complex:

For a lot of us, the patterns, reactions, and survival skills were shaped long before we ever put on a uniform.

JMach breaks it down:

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦.

JMach and I went deep on trauma, burnout, identity after service, parenting, sobriety, and the pressure to be strong all the time.

Check out the full episode wherever you get your podcasts!

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🎧𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩