The street Michelle lived on: Married to a veteran dealing with depression

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Have you ever considered that your career can become part of your identity? What would happen if you decided to leave that career? Would it be like losing a part of yourself? Today's guest, Michelle, explains what it was like when her husband dealt with depression after retiring from the Army. She also describes what it's like to be a military spouse.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being denied health care by the Veterans Affairs
• What the Transition Assistance Program is REALLY like for retiring servicemembers
• Her husband's first therapy experience - it didn't go well
• Finding out she was pregnant with their second child
• Living like two strangers under the same roof
• Why Michelle decided to put herself into therapy
• How things started to improve for their marriage
• Trauma b ...