Episode 21

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30th Aug 2023

021 | Secret Struggles of the Veteran Spouse

We often hear about PTSD and the struggles veteran's face, but we typically don't hear much about what the spouse goes through. In this episode, my wife goes solo and talks about the secret struggles the veteran's spouse often deals with and offers encouragement to both veterans and their spouses.

Among those struggles are:

secondary ptsd
caregiver burden
feeling the need to do damage control
taking on the veteran's triggers
struggling silently
not taking care of themselves

The spouses of veterans often willingly battle these things out of immense love for their veterans. They just want to see their veterans healthy, happy, and alive so that they can live a long, full life together.

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About the Podcast

The Veritable Veteran Podcast

The Veritable Veteran Podcast is a place for military veterans and their families to have real and raw conversations about the very real and raw emotions they are struggling with. Too often, veterans and their families depart the military and dive head-first into civilian life, leaving behind familiar territory and a support network of like-minded individuals. They are left to deal with the mental turmoil on their own, surrounded by people who cannot and will not understand what they are going through. The loss of purpose, crisis of identity, fear, anxiety, and self-doubt plague veterans daily, but they don't know how to verbalize what they are feeling.

This podcast helps put words to those thoughts. Through my family's and my own personal experiences, and through the experiences of others, we expose the lies we have believed and bring truth the conversation. You are not alone in what you are feeling, and this show will help you and those closest to you understand that.

Contact us at theveritableveteran@gmail.com

About your host

EVAN ELDRIDGE