Vets Against Suicide

09/20/2026

Wise words.

A little bit of a read
But honestly
What else do you
Have to do Sunday morning

So if you know anyone with PTSD
you will realize people who suffer PTSD tend to overthink s**t just a wee bit 🤣
They suffer from something called intolerance of uncertainty.
I'll do by best to break this down to a fifth grade level for all the window licking short bus riding crayon munching drop outs ( like myself)
So let's dive into this shall we?
So whenever you don't know what's happening at any given random situation, your mind doesn't leave that space blank like a normal person would .Instead your mind fills that blank space in with the worst case scenarios and situations.
It does this just to give you some sort of certainty, why does this happen? Well its because your brain now associates uncertainty with danger.Your brain is not trying to make you into some miserable paranoid SOB on purpose, no instead its actuality trying to protect you, but because of your previous trauma it's now using the worst algorithms possible to fill in the blank.
So its like this when you text someone and they are taking forever to reply
Your mind automatically slips into worst case scenario mode, and you start to fill in the blanks
Maybe they are pi**ed off at you for some reason, maybe they are in a car wreck, maybe they're in the hospital
Maybe something's wrong?
Now suddenly you're down a rabbit hole and your mind is filling in blanks with the worst case scenarios, when in fact there is nothing to back that up, but that's just how you're programmed now.
But the cruelest thing about being an over-thinker is you can't enjoy the special moments because you can never be fully present because you are constantly thinking three steps ahead analyzing every way things could go wrong.
She says I love you and you immediately analyze her tone
Did she mean it?
Why did she say it now
What if she changes her mind tomorrow?
That loop can make you sit and stew over problems for hours.
And the real mind f**k is that every time you analyze, search for evidence or even seek reassurance, yes you feel better for a second.
But your brain now has learnt that obsessing over uncertainty and going down the rabbit hole is now necessary to feel safe, your so busy preventing future hurt your creating present suffering
Your rejecting joy before it can reject you
Your constantly missing the moment while you're trying to survive tomorrow
pretty f**ked up eh?
So the real work is now trying to reprogram your brain to realize you don't have to fill in that blank space
The real work is saying " I'm okay with not knowing ' and being okay with handling not knowing
Because uncertainty is uncomfortable
But it is most definitely not an emergency
Once you learn to master this it can change everything

THE SARGENT
NE-KAH-NE-TAH 🇨🇦

09/04/2026

Some inspiration for today. Take care out there!

For most of his life, the great bear had feared storms.

He feared neither rain nor wind, but the moment when the sky split open and lightning revealed everything at once—the mountains, the valleys, the scars across the earth, even the shadows he preferred not to see.

Whenever thunder approached, he searched for shelter.

Then came the longest winter of his life.

A landslide buried the trail to his old den. The river froze beneath unfamiliar ice, and the forest that had once felt like home became silent and strange. By spring, the bear had survived, but something inside him had grown smaller.

He no longer trusted the world.

One evening, he climbed the highest ridge beneath a gathering storm.

Dark clouds twisted above the mountains. Blue-white lightning flashed across the sky, and the old instinct told him to retreat.

Instead, he remained.

The bear rose onto his hind legs and lifted both paws toward the storm.

Thunder shook the valley.

Then lightning struck the ground nearby.

The bear did not move.

Another bolt tore across the clouds, and strange blue markings began glowing along his body—spirals across his chest, sharp lines along his limbs, bright symbols within his raised paws.

He suddenly remembered every storm he had survived.

Not only those in the sky.

There had been seasons of grief that arrived without warning. Friendships that ended. Paths that disappeared. Moments when the life he had carefully built changed in a single day.

He had always believed courage meant avoiding destruction.

Now he understood something different.

Courage was standing beneath uncertainty without allowing fear to decide who he became.

The storm intensified.

Rain struck his fur. Lightning surrounded the ridge, illuminating the world in fierce flashes.

Yet the bear felt strangely calm.

He could not control the storm.

He could not command the sky to become gentle.

But he could decide how he stood beneath it.

Slowly, he lowered his paws.

The markings continued glowing.

By dawn, the storm had moved beyond the mountains. The valley below was washed clean, and pools of rainwater reflected the first light.

The bear descended the ridge.

Nothing about the world had become safer.

But something within him had changed.

He no longer waited for life to become predictable before trusting himself.

From that day forward, whenever thunder rolled across the mountains, he listened differently.

For he had learned that power was not found in controlling the lightning.

It was found in discovering that even when the whole sky broke open above him, he could remain standing.

THE SARGENT
NE-KAH-NE-TAH

08/07/2026

One of my favorite artists. All drawn by hand and animated in Flash.

07/22/2026

To most people, it’s just a busy Saturday at the park.

To some combat veterans, the same scene can feel like a mission: tracking exits, scanning for potential threats, watching approaches, avoiding choke points, and trying to keep a clear line of sight.

That doesn’t mean the people around them are the threat. It means the body is still trying to protect them the way it learned to in combat.

This is why task-trained service dogs matter.

A Battle Buddy service dog can be trained to “Block” in crowds, creating a physical buffer that gives the veteran space to breathe, lower their baseline, and stay present with family.

And when the anxiety spikes, that same dog may lean in with deep-pressure contact, helping ground the veteran and bring them back to the here and now.

We don’t just place dogs.

We help restore independence.

05/25/2026

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