Mood Disorders In The Military

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Introduction Mood disorders can be the roller coaster rides of our minds and life. Between severe depression and severe mania lies life and that balance we so desperately strive for. When that equilibrium is lost and our depressive moments start to elongate and impact our daily lives to the point that we are not able to function; we can have one of the several varieties of mood disorder.
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Back to the roller coaster, nothing like an elation of being the top candidate of military recruit basic training to the utter disappointment of failure as I spent the night in military jail. In two and one half weeks my fall from the pedestal was hard and prolonged, it shattered my dreams and I thought that my military career was cast in stone forever.