Anger.
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Guys gotta question for ya.
When you return home after a particular tiring week in camp or a tough outfield exercise which pushed you to your limits, do you find yourself having a shorter fuse with your civilian friends/family members? Do you feel some kind of urge to break something? Yell at your parents even for the slightest thing? Easily irritated, frustrated at the seemingly "stupid" behaviour of people outside your army life? Over-drinking, excessive behaviour on the weekends?
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Yes, okay well, my example is not the best..but I had a short fuse during my 3 month Log EX and my anger/stress was more shown in campOriginally posted by Hellraiza:Guys gotta question for ya.
When you return home after a particular tiring week in camp or a tough outfield exercise which pushed you to your limits, do you find yourself having a shorter fuse with your civilian friends/family members? Do you feel some kind of urge to break something? Yell at your parents even for the slightest thing? Easily irritated, frustrated at the seemingly "stupid" behaviour of people outside your army life? Over-drinking, excessive behaviour on the weekends?
Please answer honestly...thanks.
I saw to my horror that I could be an asshole, and a terrible one too.People who know me well, will know that I never ever scold any guys junior to me, even for mistakes, but during those 3 mths..let's say that I almost ensured one fellow got sent to DB..and I almost yelled at my OIC(a CPT) in anger and frustration over some maintenance issue with Delgro/Indeco.. -
Originally posted by Hellraiza:Guys gotta question for ya.
When you return home after a particular tiring week in camp or a tough outfield exercise which pushed you to your limits, do you find yourself having a shorter fuse with your civilian friends/family members?
No leh, already soooo tired, still got energy to be short fuse meh? it somebody want to push limits, then let them loh....nevermind.
Do you feel some kind of urge to break something? Yell at your parents even for the slightest thing? Easily irritated, frustrated at the seemingly "stupid" behaviour of people outside your army life? Over-drinking, excessive behaviour on the weekends?
No leh...why need to break something...again, so tired, now got abit of civilian life before book in, so instead becomes calmer and cooler, as in you "huaw" all the way and shout and spent all strength needed in army, what for need to break or yell at people? Easily irritated? more like bo-hiew to me. Maybe tends to go Orchard etc, more often as you tend to go closer to civilian life by mingling in it to relax. Over-drinking? you got mess in units mah....even private's mess, and canteen leh...where beers can go free-flow or at super cheaper price than outside leh...Please answer honestly...thanks. -
nightzip has gotta be the most relaxed person i've ever seen.
But i believe how you behave outside is a direct antithesis to how to behave in camp.
And i thought you should be more easily irritated when you're tired? During topo...after walking 12km and your SC tells you guys you're in Holland, don't tell me you won't feel the slightest bit of irritation?
Lazerlordz-I think i know how you feel. In one of my ex-units where i was the coy armskote 2IC, we had LRI inspection coming up. I and my OIC, who were known throughout the coy to be as thick as thieves, began to have really short fuses with each other. Working from 8am to 12am for almost a week didn't help much. The shit hit the fan when we got a bad grading and our CSM gave us a good dressing down...we began yelling at each other. LOL. -
hmm...normally should not have good rating...even thick as thief only ensures that you have everything there suppose to be there, by the book.
For armskote, i believe the cleaniness of the weapons are most important. So unless yours is an active unit, where got many men can help to clean the weapons and ensure all weapons good and working, else only got a few armskotes, cannot clean every weapon in time one.
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i SC mah...so if holland they have to bear loh.
anyway, i see many men get frustrated along my 2 1/2 yrs in NSF, so our CSM/OC always prep-talk the SC/PS etc to try to encourage and push the men.
And...........tadah! We got BCU and BIU during our years in NSF. (Guess who are we?)
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im a lousy history student.
nolah, the point in setting up this topic is to find out whether tough/stressful combat conditions will result in adverse psychological changes in a person... sounds cheem lah....but... i think i myself have exhibited some of the traits that i mentioned
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Military life does affect ones congnitive beahvior..I remebered when I booked out..I cant get used to the bed at home..its too comfy..CV shoes..I cant stand them..I wanted my boots..
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Guards ah?Originally posted by nightzip:And...........tadah! We got BCU and BIU during our years in NSF. (Guess who are we?) -
heheh...that was 4-5 years back loh.
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Haha.. the only thing i needed to condition miself after my bmt 2 weeks confinement was the colorful CV world. Tekong only green, pink, white & brown.Originally posted by LRRP:Military life does affect ones congnitive beahvior..I remebered when I booked out..I cant get used to the bed at home..its too comfy..CV shoes..I cant stand them..I wanted my boots..
Took me a while to conditioned mself back to CV life.
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im referring to the "Full metal jacket" kinda behaviour change...u know, PVT Gomer Pyle? Kana farked one too many times until wire break...
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I've seen a few Gomer Pyles in my life..and it's sad, considering that they did not have a good family background in the first place to begin with..and I really give thanks that I have such a great family to be with, and a good life outside camp..Originally posted by Hellraiza:im referring to the "Full metal jacket" kinda behaviour change...u know, PVT Gomer Pyle? Kana farked one too many times until wire break...
some of these guys, they go home to an empty home, or abusive/single-parent households..and after hearing that, our little worries about where to drive for lunch becomes so insignificant compared to the men under us..
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whatever anger i have, i leave it in camp.
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Yep.Keep work and personal life seperate.Originally posted by nismoS132:whatever anger i have, i leave it in camp.