Give it enough time and those left are the ones happy to just follow orders.
I’m torn. I feel for the dumb youngins who joined up for stupid reasons, or were raised by shitty parents, and find themselves stuck now that they’ve come to terms with reality. I’m not in the military anymore, got out about 15 years ago after I did my 4 years, but I myself joined up for dumb reasons; I struggled with willpower and self-discipline, and I thought going through military training would help me. It probably did a little bit, but I would have been much better off if my ADHD would’ve just been diagnosed sooner and I was given the help I needed as a kid.
I quickly realized that the military was not for me at all, and I decided early on that I would just do my 4 years and get out, keeping my head down as much as I could. For these kids, waiting it out like I did is not really an option, and while I can imagine how scary the decision just to even look into this is, I know that nowadays it has to be orders of magnitude scarier than I think.
While I’m glad that this many people are looking into ways to keep themselves from being ground up by the pedophile-operated war machine, a mass exodus of the military by anyone with a conscious will just mean that the people that remain are the exact ones that shouldn’t. We need good people in the military that can stand up to this home-grown fascism, and I hope that too many of them don’t just decide to leave
That first paragraph read as my personal bio.
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There were so many ways we could have improved ourselves, and we went and chose the hardest one 😅
The problem is that my teachers growing up repeatedly asked my mom to get me tested and she refused, saying “I don’t want you to be drugged up and not be you”. Which translates to “I don’t want to have the ‘weird’ kid that needs meds.”
And yeah, that structure was great for me, but when I got back into the real world, I didn’t know how to function. I didn’t figure it out until I had a kid of my own who got diagnosed. I still need to get it as well, but even knowing what it is helps.
Yeah, I had pushback from my parents when I was younger too. I did pretty well in junior high and early high school, but it was not easy at all and I started to struggle a bit toward the end of high school.
If you are able to, it is definitely worth getting on some meds. I tried a few that didn’t do much of anything, but when you find one that does, it’s like a light switch goes on, and you’ll be like “ohhhh is this how I was supposed to feel my entire life?” I’m still fairly early in my medicated journey, still trying to find the best dosage, but it’s so much better
Do you need a referral from your PCP? Is it a therapist, psychologist or who that can diagnose? Can it be done through the VA?
Edit: I was rambunctious as a child and a smartass by middle school. By high school I was forgetting to do homework but acing my tests.
I originally got a referral through VA primary care to go to the VA mental health clinic for anxiety/depression, and after going through a few different doctors and medications there, I brought up the possibility of ADHD. The doc agreed it was possible, and started me on some meds. Ever since I found an ADHD med that works for me, I don’t take anything for depression or anxiety anymore. My current doc that prescribes my ADHD meds is a psychiatrist I believe.
Because I took a more roundabout way to get my diagnosis, I’m not sure if you can just get a referral from primary care straight to someone who can help with ADHD diagnosis/meds, but I would imagine you could.
I was rambunctious and a smartass as well haha, and I also hated/sucked at homework and big projects, while crushing tests 😅
Hey, thanks for the info. I haven’t been to my primary in a while. Probably wondering if I died lol. The hardest part about getting started is having ADHD.
Military members are citing myriad reasons for wanting to leave, but the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has been a powerful motivator. In March alone, Galvin’s center took on more than 80 new clients — almost twice as many as it takes on in an average year. The busiest single day saw 12 new clients join, with one person saying four other members of their platoon were also interested.
Those numbers are a drop in the bucket when compared with the more than 1.3 million people enlisted. But for outside observers and former military officials, those calls and conversations are an indication of a troubling disquiet within the ranks.
The uptick is part of a larger pattern of military members seeking ways to end their service