Veterans Day was celebrated Saturday, November 11th. Honoring those who served is important, but it may be more important to help them reintegrate into society. Benjamin Sledge writes from his own experiences and shares perspectives about how today’s society is not tuned to support the returning veteran.
Source: Medium, November 10, 2017.
Realistically, I think a lot of what veterans are facing is a transition disorder where we’re happy that we’re back home, but have no idea how to integrate back into society, writes Sledge.
Coming back home is hard to process. It’s culture shock. You feel like a refugee in a strange land where you speak the language but no longer understand the customs. Not only that, but your perspective differs from those around you, and perspective dictates everything.