Britta Reque-Dragicevic Courage, Grief, Healing from War, Post War Life, PTSD, Spirit Wounds, Suicide, Warrior Identity

You Are Holy Power (read this if you’re about to give up)

I come to this place more times than not, words stuck tight in my throat. There is so much felt, deeply, and I trip and stumble over words that might possibly express what's in my heart. For you. Words fail. You wait, faces upturned, eyes on me, hearts hungry for the offering that will satiate, … Continue reading You Are Holy Power (read this if you’re about to give up)

Britta Reque-Dragicevic Courage, Forgiveness, Healing from War, Post War Life, PTSD, Special Forces, Spirit Wounds, Survivor's Guilt, Warrior Identity

Special Forces: How Do You Heal When You Don’t “Exist”?

You were never there. You never existed. Your war will never be acknowledged or validated. How can you hope to find healing? You live with the reality of your experiences. Your losses. Only those there know. Only those who were there will ever know. Only you will know their names. You can't walk into a … Continue reading Special Forces: How Do You Heal When You Don’t “Exist”?

Britta Reque-Dragicevic Coming Home, Courage, Grief, Healing from War, Post War Life, Suicide, Warrior Identity

When You Can’t Be a Warrior Anymore…Is There a Reason to Go On?

It's that hollow numbness, the sense that you are already dead, the complete lack of desire to go on, the craving to be gone, to be done here. The feeling that you are nothing more than an empty husk blown about by gusts of wind. There’s nothing left of you. You're not who you used … Continue reading When You Can’t Be a Warrior Anymore…Is There a Reason to Go On?

Britta Reque-Dragicevic Coming Home, Courage, Families After War, Healing from War, Sex & Relationships

After Combat, When is Love Worth Fighting For?

"But I love my wife. She's everything to me. I don't want to lose her." "He's not the man I married. I can't do this anymore." I hear these two expressions all the time from good people whose hearts are aching and weary. Brave people who are dealing with intense trauma and changes in each … Continue reading After Combat, When is Love Worth Fighting For?

Joe DeCree Courage, Healing from War, Joe DeCree, Post War Life, PTSD, Spirit Wounds, Warrior Identity

Find a Fight You Can Believe In Again

Warriorhood -- the status of being a warrior.  Warrior  -- a person who is called to defend others; to live by a code of honor and ethics in pursuit of the greater good; to lead the non- warrior class in living up to the ideals of the society. These definitions are my own, but I … Continue reading Find a Fight You Can Believe In Again

Britta Reque-Dragicevic Courage, Healing from War, PTSD, Suicide, Survivor's Guilt, Warrior Identity

A Reason to Fight On

He led the rebel movement. Rebels? Yes, that's what they were. How unimaginable it would have been just a few years before. When life was normal. Peaceful. Predictable. The invading foreigners were determined to decide the fate of his people. Determined to impose a way of life, their way of life. A life he could … Continue reading A Reason to Fight On

Britta Reque-Dragicevic Coming Home, Courage, Finding Work After War, Healing from War, Jobs, Post War Life, PTSD

How to Create a Meaningful Life After the Military

Finding purpose after the military feels almost impossible, doesn't it? It's not that you don't have skills to translate into civilian work. It's the underlying sense of why you are doing it that feels so off. Once you've been responsible for life and death, millions of dollars worth of equipment, or leading others into and through … Continue reading How to Create a Meaningful Life After the Military