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yellowdogintexas

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11. We now know my dad had PTSD as well.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 02:30 PM
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He had anxiety and depression issues his whole life and cold/snowy weather really brought him down.

Factor into that a father who never ever made him feel he did anything right and you have a recipe for suicide, which is what ultimately happened.

Like many WW II veterans, he never spoke about the war except for snippets here and there, mostly about other soldiers. We would not know as much as we do if his youngest sister had not told us.

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