Fear
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I work as a PTSD counsler for the United States Marine Corps and this is a ramble about Fear that one of my soliders sent me the other night. I post it here with his 100% given permission. In the hopes that it might help somebody else battling fear or know somebody battling fear. Its a nice look into the mindset of what most of use either deal with or have dealt with in our lifetimes.
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