PTSD & Trucking
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PTSD is real. I've witnessed first hand.
I use to have a really good friend of mine name Dave from a previous job that was a vietnam vet and POW for 2 years. Really nice guy and would give the shirt off his back to help you out. Always had a smile on his face. I looked up to him and respected him and sorta looked at him as a mentor. He went out of his way to help me out when I first started at the job and I always appreciated what he did for me.
During that time, I never new he was a vietnam vet and POW. He had stints where he would work for 3 months and then disappear for 6 months and then out of the blue, show back up for work. We use to call him "Super Dave" because he literally drove 45-50 mph on the highway...lol. I always use to ask him where the hell have you been?...and he always dodged the question by just saying on a long vacation. I never really pressed the issue on his disappearances until another co-worker explained to me that he was a POW and a severe alcoholic. Everybody use to call him "Crazy Dave", because he could be the nicest person you ever met one day, and show up hammered from drinking the next. Management use to allow him to take as many days off as he wanted with no consequences because he was a war hero. Not too many people new about Dave's history and the ones who did...nobody ever talked about it openly because we all new how far gone he was mentally because of the war.
There's an old saying that goes..."you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped". But sometimes there are unfortunate events that happen to good people that completely changes them forever...to the point where they can never come back. PTSD is real. I think that's the reason why the suicide rate for military vets is so high.Savor the Flavor, Just passing by, daniphoenix and 1 other person Thank this. -
Not a vet, but I’ve had been diagnosed with PTSD for about 8 years. It’s a main reason I want to get into driving; I’m sick of office drama, and the stress of having a boss breathing down your back all day.
It hasn’t effected my employment at all. Most employers 1. Don’t need to know or 2. Are super empathetic
I’ve met a lot of combat vets who became drivers, and did pretty well at it. Everyone I’ve met and known seems to be very supportive of vets, and would accommodate whatever their needs are, provided that they are preforming the job safely and wellChinatown Thanks this. -
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I never put on my job applications that I'm a veteran. It's no one's business.
If you have PTSD, don't tell any potential employer or DOT doctor.
I wear a long sleeved shirt to job interviews because I have military tattoos.
I'm not ashamed of them at all, it's just that during a job interview those military tattoos are no one's business and don't affect how I perform the job, but may cause bias with the interviewer.Last edited: Sep 10, 2019
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The older guys have/had it. They just didn't talk about it. Shell shock is another name for PTSD. Some just don't wear it on their shoulder.
You can see subtle hints. Quite, withdrawn, has to sit facing the door, back against the wall, always on alert.Chinatown and Just passing by Thank this. -
Had all the symptoms @Jenn72 posted.
Three of my uncles had it; none blood related just related thru marriage. All three were POW's and committed suicide in later life.Last edited: Sep 10, 2019
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I can't talk to anyone about what that's like. So at least there's brotherhood in the military, and the public is more aware. If I were to bring up my past in casual conversation with strangers? It would be,,, awkward. Took me decades to deal with it.
Now I've been away from there more than twice as long as I was "in the system" I've adapted, but how much has my career suffered? I'll never know.daniphoenix, Jenn72 and Chinatown Thank this. -
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