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When you return home but cannot reconnect

I came back from military deployment and everyone thanks me for my service but no one asks how I am actually doing and I cannot relate to civilian problems anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The alienation of having experiences that fundamentally change you while the world you return to remains the same.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Loneliness — the epidemic and the experience?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.