zone in the middle of a country so different from your own. and i just felt very isolated in trying to even articulate the difficulties of the transition. i'm just getting my footing. it's been ten years since i got back. >> a lot of folks deal with post-traumatic stress because when they come back, they're still constantly on heightened alert. i found myself to be extremely short-tempered. my fuse was lightning-fast. and i realized really quickly something was wrong. i went to therapy outside of the military. it still angers me to this day that americans died for a war that seemingly had no aim. i will never forgive the leaders that caused people that i love to die. i love this country, but this -- this was a massive mistake.