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Medically separated because of depression.
I had to post to see if anyone else has experienced this with their recruit.
My son has been in boot camp for 3 weeks and I just got a call from him today saying he is very
depressed and feeling anxious, and went to a psychologist and talked to them about it. They gave him a questionairre and it reported that he is depressed with potential suicidal feelings. He has never had an issue with this before and was SO excited to go into the Navy after waiting for a very long time for everything to open up for him. It is obviously stressful but he said he'd never felt this lonely and depressed before. They moved him to SHIP 5 and he said he is medically separated now. They will process the paperwork for him to come home in 10 days (approx.) I was very upset and did not want him to give up so easily on the dream and career in the Navy he's been waiting so long for...wondering if this was just a passing feeling and things would get better soon.
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and what I need to look out for. I told him to be careful what RE they give him and that he doesn't want RE-4 in case he ever wants to try again. But honestly, I told him it would probably be very hard to do once he comes home. He only did this yesterday, and sees the psych. again tomorrow. Wondering if it can be undone if he wants it to or too late now.
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Permalink Reply by Deanna on
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Thanks Rosemama~ It is good to hear positive stories post Ship 5. Our son Ethan was medically seperated after 5 day in BC and came home July 3. Imagine our shock when he called to say he was being medically seperated for a knee injury. It has been a learning process, and has taken some months to accept the whole situation, but we had great support from family, friends, and our church family. Our son has a full time job now and plans to go back to school this January and pursue a career in graphic design. He actually had surgery for the injury on his knee and unfortunately we are footing that bill, but we know God has other plans and that makes it easier to accept after all the crushing disappointment of the military not working out. God bless all these kids and parents. We know how hard it is.....
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