Regret Nothing: The Travelling Veteran on PTSD, Government Betrayal, and Rebuilding From Zero

In this episode of Fuck the Standard, Rob sits down with Dean Griffin, also known as the Travelling Veteran, a British Army veteran who served in Bosnia and Iraq before being medically discharged in 2003 with PTSD. When he asked what support he would receive, the answer from the Ministry of Defense was, nothing.What Dean built over the next two decades is the core of this conversation. He returned to college alongside school-age students, retrained as an electrician, passed every module with distinctions, reached the semi-finals of the Screwfix Apprentice of the Year competition, and then went on to teach at the same college. He now runs his own business, structures his work week around his disability, and serves as an ambassador for the Veterans Charity, the Veteran Community Network, and Andy's Man Club.Together Rob and Dean cover the "man up" culture and how it keeps men, particularly veterans, from seeking help, the crisis of veteran suicide in both the UK and the United States, the over-medication problem inside veteran healthcare systems, what it means to be willing to receive help, and how hope can survive even when everything else has been stripped away.Find Dean GriffinYouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram: search "Travelling Veteran"Website: travellingveteran.co.ukFuck the Standard Podcast:https://open.spotify.com/show/2DlreEYrKuU5uER4F3AIGQ?si=af4421a7ff95456bF*ck The Script by Rob (the book):https://www.amazon.com/-/es/CK-SCRIPT-Caring-Others-Rebuild/dp/B0FQ4F5NBB