Being a sick minded retired military type, I concentrate on my goal (the finish line) and that my family is counting on my safe return.

I used to take tragic and/or bad experiences and lock them up in a closet in the back of my mind. Shortly after retirement, the closet busted open and I had to deal with 22 years of crap, all at once. The result was that a former shipmate (retired) and I pulled a 3 day drunk that ended up with both of us spilling our guts (debriefing each other) and we have both been back to normal since then.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!