If you have a Combat Veteran in your family and you don’t like their moods and behavior around the holidays; please consider these six things: 1.) Your combat veteran has served in countries where people are blessed to receive a tattered pair of shoes or have clean water to drink; he/she no longer …

[Image of THAT'S IT!!] Thank you Brother from another Mother. Very well said. Merry Christmas (If that’s in keeping with your situation)

[image] leo23: 4.) Your Combat Veteran is not like you anymore. At some point, for some period of time, their entire life boiled down to just three simple things: when will I eat today, when will I sleep today, and who will I have to kill or will try to kill me today? They are not like you anymo…

That’s beautiful, Brother. It made me cry. Yeah. Me. Hard a**ed ME. Crying. I have a shop full of diesel mechanics looking at me like I’m from another planet because I’m crying over something I read on the internet. Not too many people can find that chink in my armor.

[image] Don102: Merry Christmas I have done some of these things. but, getting battlefield acupuncture for the past 5 years, every 15- 20 days from my P.M.D. (pain management doctor). has pretty much change my whole world. panic attacks, feeling uneasy in crowds, pain and nightmares have all …

And Thank God for that Brother. No One should Suffer from Serving Our Country. I’m happy you made it out the other side Bruh. (a lot of us didn’t)

Neither my father or my brother would talk about their combat experiences very often. Dad was in the Pacific. His brother served in Europe. My brother was 10 years older than me and in Korea. I was between wars so never saw combat. Besides I was an electrician (lineman) in base and remote site main…

Joseph202, thank you so much for your service!

I did needling, similar to acupuncture, for when I was having sciatica pain. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Very glad your treatment is working for you.

Yeah, I did a little needling myself. [image] Music that moves you (Slow Dance)...any theme but has to mean something to you...a memory...a feeling...lyrics with meaning Fun/Humorous Two songs come to mind from @leo23 ’s topic If you have a Combat Veteran in your family …

Thanks for posting this. As a combat veteran, I can totally relate to everything in here. Because of the places I’ve been and the things I’ve experienced, I make it a point to live each day in a constant state of gratitude.

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Yeah, I did a little needling myself.

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