Military experience is never one-size-fits-all. As a veteran and therapist, I’ve learned how cultural humility, emotional courage, and mutual trust reshape what healing can look like. This is why I continue to serve — and what I wish every counselor understood.

You were never meant to be emotionless. This reflection explores how feeling deeply is not a flaw—but a strength worth reclaiming, one breath at a time.

Therapy isn’t where you escape emotion—it’s where you learn to walk through it. Real healing begins when you stop trying to erase what you feel and start learning how to carry it.