/lit/ - Literature

>>14160773
Joining the military was the best choice I ever made in my life. No drug has ever gotten close to the feeling of absolute agency and weight in those moments where you might die. You're never more there then when you are confronted with the oblivion of eternity before you.

Fun fact, the soldiers who get PTSD are disproportionately effected. The guy driving or shooting is significantly less likely to have PTSD after the fact compared to the passengers, it is precisely the loss of control that is traumatizing. To that I can only say, the best thing then is to bring war, rather than let it come to you.