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  • The military give less of a shit about people’s mental health than the rest of the government and less even than either major political party.

    It’s complicated because it can ruin your career if you seek mental health assistance while serving. You can lose your security clearance and then be relegated to something other than your actual job. This basically kills any shot at promotion.

    I lost a buddy to suicide by gun when I was in. I had lost contact with him and didn’t know he was suffering. It wasn’t a combat trauma thing either. IDK what it was. And nobody but me and the guy’s wife gives a shit, nobody wants for him to have wanted to live instead of die, they just want to ban guns about it.

    Suicide accounts for most gun deaths in the US every year. As in more than 50% of all gun deaths. I wish we’d invest in good mental healthcare.