An Emotional Adjustment
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An Emotional Adjustment
Interviewer: The emotions that one must carry.
You are a young guy, you join the military
following in your father’s footsteps.
You are ready to go.
You are ready to learn and you have this illness
that stricken you and has taken your sight.
Just share with us the type of feelings
that one must go through.
Yes definitely at the start of my career
I am looking forward to moving out and
getting started on my own and seeing
what being an adult is like.
It was definitely emotional losing your
vision and I had just gained all
that independence and now
I have to go back to relying on people
for pretty much everything, get around,
make me food. It was very emotional
losing your vision, losing your independence
right at the start of your career after you just
figured oh I am going to start growing up
here and doing this all on my own after moving
out for the first time. It was very emotional.
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