Military Retirement: I feel exactly the same...

by Andy

I felt >>Read Jay's Story on tghe bottom of Military Retirement Anxiety page<< EVERYTHING you wrote on this blog.

I'm 42 yrs old, 20 yr retirement, and every morning when I wake up...I HAVE NO IDENTITY.

I knew before retiring that I would feel "lost" at time but waking up everyday to it...It is humbling.

I'm having anxiety attacks at night that I couldn't sleep, feels like someone is sitting on my chest. I still try and get to the gym 3x a week and eat as healthy as I could. My relationship may taking its toll on this as she doesn't know how to help me or handle it.

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