Its really lonely, and allot of people just stare at you and say nothing, a few have come up and shook my hand and a few said thank you,,,? no one has ever said is there anything you need or want or how do you feel! I lost allot of my friends in vietnam and the ones who made it back are so sick or just brain dead to life. Thanks for the thank yous and the hand shakes, I'll remember them as long as I live. Thank you all for remembering us veterans and thank you to the people who say or do nothing....I'm not sorry for going into the service but I'm ''sorry for being a disabled veteran''.......
2007-12-09 08:51:11 · 4 answers · asked by axhandlebill 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
It sounds like you have wrapped yourself up in your disability. I have a less visible disability. I have a head injury. Although I can speak clearly and "look" normal I have difficulties.
Sometimes I get so frustrated because I can't concentrate or make a list in my head or remember a common word I could cry. But I can walk, and talk, and see a sunset. It is so easy for me to withdraw on those days. But I have to remember what I can do and who I am.
You have to remember what you can do. You have to remember who you are. You are not lost limb, scars, or a wheelchair. You have show the world who you are. The physical things will become less important to you and the people around you.
2007-12-09 09:06:11 · answer #1 · answered by mediahoney 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you ever met a fellow disabled vet who thought it was the best thing ever for god sake.i am sorry i was terse i thought about this question and i reminded me of a wounded vet i used to know back in the 50's when i was a kid my uncle who was a highly decorated bomber crew member from wwll had a building on his property it was 24x24 about the size of a 2 car garage it had a bedroom, kitchen, small living room and very small bath, every summer i would go down south i would go over there and visit, because that was where Archie lived a disabled vet who was paralyzed from some where from the chest down i was pretty small and never really understood it all i would just sit and visit talk and watch t.v. with Archie and tell him what had gone on in my early grade school life like it really mattered. the guy had nobody no kid wife just the place uncle R.B gave him and as i grew our family traveled other places instead of visiting down south especially after grand pa died but your letter brought back Archie's humble and lonely experience and although your life and his are divided by 40 years they seem to reflect the same in the mirror of time, i hope when i pass over i will be able to spend time with Archie again as well as so many others, you see this is why i hate war so much,go with god my friend
2007-12-09 08:56:03 · answer #2 · answered by mason proffit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you a member of DAV, AMVETS or VFW? There are a lot of guys in these organizations who are in the same "boat." If you are not then I would like to say that the members of these orgs. are there to help you in any way they can mentally and physically. I suggest that you attend some of their meetings and functions if you can and are not a member. These guys do a lot of volunteer work in their respective communities for vets and others and that is the way they forget about their own problems and reach out for more than a handshake. Go to:
www.dav.org
www.amvets.org
www.vfw.org
For more information about these organizations and joining them.
Good luck in your recovery, good mental health, peace and Love!
2007-12-09 09:59:35 · answer #3 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're more than a "disable veteran". When you think of yourself like belonging into a category: "disabled " then you get upset, and you're right, because you're NOT that, you're MORE than that. You are a courageous man who served your country when it needed you, you left everything to follow your fellow soldiers far away to fight for your country: YOU WERE A BRAVE SOLDIER, YOU ARE A COURAGEOUS, EXCEPTIONAL MAN, smart, caring, etc, etc. etc. a man with so much love in your heart. I know what you are: YOU ARE A GOOD MAN.
Never ever let yourself again think about yourself like a label, a category this society invented to put people into. Don't fell for it.
SIR: THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR YOUR ENORMOUS SACRIFICE SERVING AMERICA. GOD BLESS YOUR HEART !!!!
2007-12-09 09:19:36 · answer #4 · answered by Idon'tlivehere 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋