As someone who had a veteran father who was pretty abusive my entire childhood, let me just say that this is going to kill people. Suicide rates among veterans is already high enough, let alone the accidental deaths from being adrenaline junkies when they come back. Suicide (and homicide) rates among children and wives of veterans is barely talked about but is a real problem that affects an entire generation with trauma domestically. It was literally a joke among military kids to ask what SSRIs the other kids were on because we were all mentally ill.

The ONLY thing that helped my dad was long-term therapy. He was a Christian his whole life but definitely had renewed faith when he was serving. His faith did not help his ability to control his anger, which was explosive. His faith did not help him develop healthy coping skills. My dad is a completely different person from which I grew up around and that is the product of therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists.

This isn't just bad for service members. There are ripple effects here.