"Why Did You Leave Me?" - Spec Ops Pilot's Haunting Dream of Neil Roberts on Roberts Ridge

[@ShawnRyanClips]

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[@Blando7887]

I tried putting my nightmares away with pain pills for a decade, lost everything, my family exiled me, hit rock bottom in 2016. I had a divine epiphany and realized I was only hurting myself, hindering myself, the idea of what I hoped and wanted to happen, would never happen

[@k.elysee6527]

Keep up the good work. Hang in there.

[@Chorizo_Life]

Proud of ya buddy 😊

[@70stunes71]

I just stay to myself. Retired. Hunting & fishing a little. I go through my bad days but on the whole now that I'm older, I know how to handle it since the military years. RIP to those we lost & prayers to their families.

[@daviskline92]

Thank you

[@enejkelecija7377]

We all do man stay up and bad days don’t last forever they do pass! Stay conscious bro

[@limitlesspsychology]

Wish we could get past the stigma of going to the head docs. Had a sailor let it build so bad that he was gonna do it, until I sat with him for 4 hours talking. He agreed to see the shrink, and I am proud to say he finished his 20 ! Don’t be afraid to see the people you NEED to see.

[@mongolikechewchew2475]

God Bless you for saving that sailor & for him willing to work at saving himself with your guidance!🙏

[@mrlt1151]

At some point the counseling should just be mandatory, and part of the process. That said, the doc can’t be some hack.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

@@mrlt1151 Mandatory? SJA Ordered?

[@nasty.habits]

Have you ever dealt with the VA? It's not surprising. Who the fuck wants to goto a VA headshrinker?

[@focusedfowl8981]

Jason Cunningham (USAF PJ) won the AF Cross there. RIP team mate, brother.

[@focusedfowl8981]

Night Stalkers Never Quit….Loved my time with their birds and their pilots.

[@ctr1502]

Shawn's ability to draw out people's trauma and help them to deal with it is second to none.

[@artiknanook9189]

Wow, that kind of confidence can certainly do some good for a lot of brothers in arms who have invisible wounds that destroy them on the spot. Hearing these words can trigger a reflection of the kind, "I am not weak if my invasive thoughts affect me, others are also affected. I'm not alone". Thank you. If these interviews are so great, it’s because there is a great human who animates them. Salutes from Quebec.

[@kimber1911]

My highschool friend was flying escort in an AH-64 when they were trying to recover Marcus Luttrell. He struggled with guilt when the Chinook was shot down and all of those Seals lost their lives. He felt like he failed his duty to protect them. Part of his recovery has been authoring books about his grief through fictional stories. I have no doubt that this gentleman knows him as well.

[@JarrodMiller-z7j]

That's awesome that it was mandatory for those guys to at least talk to a Psychiatrist. They don't have to continue it if they don't want to, but it helps to remove the stigma. Everybody needs a little help sometimes. Even the toughest.

[@JH-rk9gd]

My nephew is a Medic in the Army, just approaching 19 years, was there for 6 years, he says the Nightstalkers are the Military’s best, not only pilots but best guys in the world

[@Kaz13A]

That's a good leader, be mad at me if you want, but you'll be better when it's over

[@bassettraceengines]

Not all Psychiatrist are the same. I have seen one that really helped and one that totally wasted my time.

[@digger105337]

All strong Men don't like to ask for Directions when driving, it doesn't surprise that we don't tend to ask for help with this sort of thing either. I got injured and went through a similar path. My mind still thinks I need to go back and do more. My body on the other hand, thinks my mind is an idiot. 🤕

[@x316RiotMakerx]

Not only do you need to know when to ask for help, you need to know it’s okay to ask for help.

[@kevinfreaney2870]

You do more for distressed service personnel than the government do keep up the essential work Shawn.

[@scorchedearth7211]

We need Paul Howe on the show

[@charlesmullins3238]

Him and Jeff strouker…I’m sure I butchered his last name

[@caylumhenderson9396]

@@charlesmullins3238I thought strouker had already been on here? Might be thinking of a different channel that interviewed him

[@charlesmullins3238]

@ may have been. I like ol Karl Ericsson too

[@gregrobertson5576]

​@charlesmullins3238 are you referring to Jeff Struecker, Mogadishu veteran?

[@charlesmullins3238]

@ yes

[@colonel-h2b]

Thank you!!

[@GHOST-ey9ee]

They should call it Chapman's domain he owned it ..and not enough props to him

[@mikelee7876]

The sad thing is no one wants to admit it sadly go back to dj’s episode

[@markharbour7469]

I think the 160th SOAR is the most underrated and overused Special Ops unit in the US military. Staggering amount of missions since Urgent Fury. And not one Medal of Honor yet for these warriors. Makes no sense

[@BeverlyHolt-n8b]

3:01

[@dakotalucky13]

Forcing people to see a therapist is NOT helping at all.

[@johnroden3431]

I agree, you have to want help, you can not force help on people who do not want it!

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Amen Bro.

[@sandiegobrian]

I have to agree. My unit had mandatory sessions after every trip down range and it made a lot of us close off more. We still talked to each other over drinks, but only within the team, never the command or family

[@F14Hellcat]

That Nightmare Sounds scary reminds me of American werewolf in London

[@chipdiesel9788]

The seals on that hill should be having nightmares they left him to die because they were cowards

[@WARRIORCLASS-00]

Takur Ghar was the peak of hell.

[@mathewmorales4651]

what about john chapman ???? it’s like they just forget they left their CCT ? and what about SrA Jason Cunningham ? their PJ ? nobody recognizes these men, but the SEALs are always mentioned

[@joesgotya9930]

Though I agree that John Chapman should have gotten more of a mention here, this narrative that the SEALs left behind their CCT needs to stop. From the perspective of Slab in that frame of time, it was assessed that John was already dead, and leaving behind his body to get out of the enemy cross fire was in fact what saved the rest of that team. There was no way that Slab could of known that John still had life in his body in the situation they were in (under enemy fire in knee deep snow at 10,00ft) . And tell me something? why is it people get pissed off that John got left behind, but they don’t seem to care that SEAL Neil Roberts was (also) left behind? So it’s cool if the SEALs leave behind one of their own, but it’s a cowards decision to leave behind a CCT? I’m not a huge fan of SEALs by any means, but the people pitching this narrative that the mako 31 team just (intentionally) left behind a man to die are acting In dishonest discourse.

[@tommychew6544]

Not sure what I think about the Navy psychologist's, they sucked in 86 when I had a heat stroke! I saw one bake then and she must have been from a big city with no understanding of what she was doing! Because I grew up hunting, on the report, she called me an animal abuser, and because I thought the Corps was boring, she called me a thrill seeker along with all kinds of other crap that she wasn't even qualified to understand! I hope things got better in later years because they sucked back then. I wasn't allowed to carry a rifle for 6 months then after that I got put on guard duty and my first assignment guarding an armory with 10 rounds of live ammunition. There was a wall of open phone booths 75 feet away from me as I walked the inter perimeter of the fence. I remember thinking "What the hell is wrong here"! Shinks had no idea what they were doing back then, I wonder if they even do now.

[@blahizake]

Are you having another heat stroke? Get this boy some milk

[@tommychew6544]

@@blahizake Were you in back then? That's the way it was. And likely why people don't trust a psychologist today!

[@24JesterKings]

American Badass

[@nasty.habits]

Wow, waa my post deleted that quick? Anyway Army/VA shrinks dont give 2 shits about your mental health UNLESS the issues you have would/are causing you to lose your shit and break down while on an operation. The trauma, etc youre dealing with doesn't matter as long as you can complete tasks and accomplish your objectives.