Military Times March 30, 2021
Harm Venhuizen
Master Sgt. Geoff Dardia was nearly a decade into his Special Forces career when he says he hit a wall. He was struggling both mentally and physically to keep doing his job and couldn’t explain why.
“All of the sudden, I was just a shell of a person — like everything you hear about feeling like you’re dragging a dead body and losing your zest for life,” Dardia said.
Plagued by severe migraines, fatigue and issues with his balance and vision, Dardia, now 44, sought help.
His superiors told him to visit a military behavioral health specialist and be treated for PTSD or depression, but Dardia was convinced his ailments were more...
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