Episode 28: Matt on Men’s Mental Health, Veteran PTSD, & Self Identity

Matt comes to Get Real on his journey with his mental health.  He shares on his experience finding out his father raising him was not his biological father at age 13.  This caused him self identity issues and a lack of trust in everyone around him.  From there on out, he struggled with his mental health and constantly tried to push away his pain. Matt joined the military in an attempt to out run his childhood trauma but instead piled more onto it when deployed to Afghanistan. Matt shares all the good the military offered his life as well as the negative aspects of it and the challenging adjustment that many veterans suffer trying to assimilate back into society.  He speaks on the difficulty of seeking therapy especially when the world’s perception of you is a “tough guy”.  Matt opens up on insecurity, fighting the feeling of “never being enough, imposter syndrome, overthinking and overvaluing other’s opinions, and more! He revisits whether or not he will seek a relationship out with his biological father, the guilt he feels towards his mother and father who raised him, and how starting a family of his own has astronomically impacted his life for the better. Come Get Real with us as we explore Matt’s past, present, and plans with the future of his mental health.