Comments on: Adjusting to Home Life After Returning Home from Deployment http://www.marriagemissions.com/adjusting-to-home-life-after-returning-home-from-deployment/ a Christian Marriage Website Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:49:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://www.marriagemissions.com/adjusting-to-home-life-after-returning-home-from-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-6223 Jeff Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:10:10 +0000 http://www.marriagemissions.com/?p=2461#comment-6223 (CANADA)  I was deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 for just over 7 mnths. When I returned home my wife informed me that something was definitely wrong. Instead of listening to her and trying to get help I did what I always did and went on as if everything was normal. Now, 3 yrs later and 6 mnths separated, I have been diagnosed with an O.S.I. ( OPERATIONAL STRESS INJURY). There is no short term cure for this besides seeking mental health help and talking to friends and family, but it's a terrible thing when the one person I want to be there to help me, isn't. If you return from overseas and your spouse tells you something is wrong, even if you don't think there is, go and see a doctor with her and let her explain how she feels. I understand we all come back a little different from our experiences overseas but our families should not have to suffer from this. (CANADA)  I was deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 for just over 7 mnths. When I returned home my wife informed me that something was definitely wrong. Instead of listening to her and trying to get help I did what I always did and went on as if everything was normal. Now, 3 yrs later and 6 mnths separated, I have been diagnosed with an O.S.I. ( OPERATIONAL STRESS INJURY). There is no short term cure for this besides seeking mental health help and talking to friends and family, but it’s a terrible thing when the one person I want to be there to help me, isn’t.

If you return from overseas and your spouse tells you something is wrong, even if you don’t think there is, go and see a doctor with her and let her explain how she feels. I understand we all come back a little different from our experiences overseas but our families should not have to suffer from this.

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