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I am Captain Lat and I am in mental

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health . Mental health means to me

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is uh working more self care ,

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working more on self-awareness ,

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knowing more where you um are weak at

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and your strength and um areas that

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may not be up to par . I would have

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never thought I was that person

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until something happen to the point

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where you sit here like , oh my God ,

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I'm not as strong , I'm not as

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confident . I'm not as sure in myself

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than I thought I was . And I was just

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talking to a soldier the other day

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yesterday at a promotion ceremony , I

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told him you need to take time off . I

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said work will always be there if you

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don't do it now you're gonna kill

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yourself . So again , mental health

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part of it , he's thinking he's doing

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one thing in reality . His body is

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gonna shut down on him . Some people uh

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are , are not approachable . I got it ,

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but most of us are and most of us want

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to be able to guide people and fellow

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soldiers in the right way or , or uh in

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the right direction and some people

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come to me as a chaplain and I say ,

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hey , look , that's not my profession

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says , but let me guide you to someone

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that's more deeper . And while you're ,

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while you're walking in towards that

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person , here's some tidbits

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to hold you over till you get to that

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point . And I'm here when you get to

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that point and when you want to circle

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back , I'm still here for you to , uh ,

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to talk to you and be there for you in

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this situation .