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So for me, part of my PTSD was a little bit of like a survivor's guilt, a little

survivor's guilt, but also a lot of shame you know and so a lot of it I

wasn't too proud of and a lot of it carried with me I came to being a new father in

09 when I came home to being a new father in 09 when I came home at that time.

Between the end of 09 and beginning 2010 is when my daughter was born.

And so seeing her really kind of brought a lot of that guilt, not feeling worthy of it.

So a lot of self-worth was in question.

Self-esteem was in question.

And so, yeah, I just didn't feel like I belonged

to where I was deserving.

I had to surrender myself.

And that was hard, because because again the mentality of you have to ask for help or

anything in that nature you seem vulnerable or you were weak so when I was going to see my social worker over in

Manila Park I finally told the truth and one of the best responses that she could have given me was, well, thank you for being honest.

And it was about time that you did.

She knew, but she wasn't going to say anything, and it was just me having to admit that.

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