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If you hold off, you miss out on so many things.

Chris Swift (US Army, 1999-2018) describes the moment he realized that being vulnerable in treatment could help him feel better.

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I think the trauma care

that I received

kind of opened my eyes

when I got to the Dom,

the domiciliary, when I did

my inpatient rotation.

I think that

opened my eyes at home and

there's so many things out

here that can help me.

You know,

that'll make me feel better.

And then I don't have to drink

20 beers or take ten shots,

or I don't have to have this-

This different entity

come in.

You know, I can just with myself

and with the help of others.

And being vulnerable,

like being vulnerable was

alwayslooked at as a negative.

But I think

being vulnerable is,

you know, you can feel things.

You can feel pain

a different way.

You can feel pleasure, a

different pain, a different way.

And being vulnerable lets

you see the greatest things

that are out there.

And too many times if you

if you hold off you,

you miss out on so many things.

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