My sister's friend went into the Coast Guard. She (I know I know) seemed normal and we used to hang out at her house before she went. She ran to pre-train before she went, so was in shape. She was discharged and had to be locked in her room or she would go wander like a dementia patient in her pajamas around the neighborhood. She could no longer have a conversation and would go off on stories and act like a loony like a 5 year old. It was like it turned her into an unironic r-slur. It was really weird considering I knew her before and after. I guess they locked her in small spaces knowing she was claustrophobic but idk how true that is and why it would make someone that off when they were normal before. We never saw her again because she was no longer the same person and it freaked us out.
If anything the third week is usually when it starts getting easier.
A lot of people just melt down in basic for some reason, but on the other hand a lot of legitimately unstable people manage to get through MEPS. I knew of two or three actual schizos who somehow managed to get into basic, among a whole bunch of other weirdos who had no business enlisting.
i wasn't doxxed, but i don't enjoy reddit as much as i used to. it feels like an addiction or a distraction at the moment and it's surprisingly sad how often i am noticing myself think "oh you should take a picture of this and share it" or "that's a funny story you should post this", i don't seem to enjoy doing things for the sake of it any more and rather it's me trying to get reactions out of people, whether that's disgust or laughter. last month i challenged myself to take a week off reddit because i noticed i was on it too much, i lasted 2 days and then started coming back on now, so recently i just thought fuck it i need to be able to go more than 2 days without going on here, that's not healthy. i was going to write something more in depth but i really just need to stop coming on here for a while, i said a month to myself so i'll go for that. the more time i spend on reddit, the less time i spend doing other things and it's not worth it for me. i see people spending so much time on social media and said i never wanted to be like them but i have become like that. so ill probably make a blog/video/something in a few weeks just to talk about it properly because i think a lot of people will be in similar positions and won't be aware of it or willing to try and change.
there's a lot on my mind at the moment so i just need to step back and think about what i should do now.
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20 freckleburger2 2021-05-06
Just flunk out of boot camp like normal people. Scaring children like that smh.
11 DeanofPSU 2021-05-06
I did basic training at Jackson. It sucked ass, but could have sucked a lot more.
Advanced Individual Training at Fort Gordon in George was 10x worse than basic training. I don't know how or why, but it was.
10 Zero5urvivers 2021-05-06
Do they waterboard you on the third week or was this guy just not stable beforehand?
13 Lysis10 2021-05-06
My sister's friend went into the Coast Guard. She (I know I know) seemed normal and we used to hang out at her house before she went. She ran to pre-train before she went, so was in shape. She was discharged and had to be locked in her room or she would go wander like a dementia patient in her pajamas around the neighborhood. She could no longer have a conversation and would go off on stories and act like a loony like a 5 year old. It was like it turned her into an unironic r-slur. It was really weird considering I knew her before and after. I guess they locked her in small spaces knowing she was claustrophobic but idk how true that is and why it would make someone that off when they were normal before. We never saw her again because she was no longer the same person and it freaked us out.
17 ArachnoLibrarian 2021-05-06
If she was in her early twenties that was probably just a coincidental onset of schizophrenia.
1 fentanyl_peyotl 2021-05-06
If anything the third week is usually when it starts getting easier.
A lot of people just melt down in basic for some reason, but on the other hand a lot of legitimately unstable people manage to get through MEPS. I knew of two or three actual schizos who somehow managed to get into basic, among a whole bunch of other weirdos who had no business enlisting.
3 SnapshillBot 2021-05-06
i wasn't doxxed, but i don't enjoy reddit as much as i used to. it feels like an addiction or a distraction at the moment and it's surprisingly sad how often i am noticing myself think "oh you should take a picture of this and share it" or "that's a funny story you should post this", i don't seem to enjoy doing things for the sake of it any more and rather it's me trying to get reactions out of people, whether that's disgust or laughter. last month i challenged myself to take a week off reddit because i noticed i was on it too much, i lasted 2 days and then started coming back on now, so recently i just thought fuck it i need to be able to go more than 2 days without going on here, that's not healthy. i was going to write something more in depth but i really just need to stop coming on here for a while, i said a month to myself so i'll go for that. the more time i spend on reddit, the less time i spend doing other things and it's not worth it for me. i see people spending so much time on social media and said i never wanted to be like them but i have become like that. so ill probably make a blog/video/something in a few weeks just to talk about it properly because i think a lot of people will be in similar positions and won't be aware of it or willing to try and change.
there's a lot on my mind at the moment so i just need to step back and think about what i should do now.
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