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17. One thing is...

Reply to walkingman (Reply #6)

Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:19 PM

Jan 4

If you’re in the military and you need therapy, it’s seen as a weakness and hurts your career advancement. And that’s straight from a career army man who needs therapy imo. (I get to have that opinion because my parents are his parents and they screwed us all up)

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