She was but now she refuses to acknowledge it and I feel like she's kinda ignoring it, I don't feel comfortable talking to her about it and I don't know why
It's a combination of everything. The people are okay but it's all guys and sometimes I wish I had a girl friend I could talk to. I mean a minor complaint all things considered but it just gets old when you've got dudes talking about banging their wives in various positions for hours on end. Schedule fucking blows and the job itself is incredibly stressful. I feel like a fish out of water. I don't belong here; this is not my field of study. I have zero interest in this shit.
I don't want to talk to a chaplain and get preached to. I don't really trust mental health cause it'll go on my record so
I definitely know how that goes. I dealt with it really bad my first trip to Iraq in 2007. I was the only female in our battery. Just a bunch of oversexed guys, it was fucking awful. I felt so damn isolated all the time.
But yeah, there is nothing wrong with going to mental health, HIPAA demands privacy and it is not adverse to you at all. I see a mental health team. Plus it helps to get everything you can medically documented for VA benefits when you get out.
And Chaplains don't tend to be preachy, they also have absolute privacy. They cannot reveal anything you tell them to anyone else.
It's all up to you, but I hate seeing young service member sit and suffer, I always encourage everyone to utilize all available resources.
Sorry if this was too much, Dragonz. <3