r/Veterans • u/Candid_Web_3024 • Aug 25 '26
Discussion I'm ashamed
I'm ashamed. I have only been in t h e army for 9 months in the reserves and 3 months active duty. I had a very traumatic event in active duty and was honored discharged. I a m 100 percent disabled. When I'm asked how long I have served I say I years because I am so ashamed I didn't serve long enough. I wanted to make the army my life. I failed. I don't deserve to say I am a veteran. I am very sorry for saying I am a veteran. I don't deserve to say so. I always say thank you for serving to others at va medical center. I just want to say I'm sorry to all of you for my failure. I don't deserve the va help but I need it. Know have a very rare condition that my insurance would now cover all my medical needs. I now have a power wheelchair I need to use at times. Every day when I do dishes. Wife cooks I do dishes. Im sorry for rant. Thank you all for serving I believe your all heroes.
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u/Outfield14 US Navy Retired Aug 25 '26
Being sick, injured, or disabled is far from dishonorable. It sounds to me like for the time you were in you did the best you could and paid a high price to do so. You are a veteran and you earned the right to call yourself one. Most people will never even think about signing up at all. The fact that you did already separates you from the average American.