The Globe and Mail is reporting after going through the Access to Information Act that 54 soldiers and vets who served in Afghanistan have taken their own lives.
Retired Captain Andrew Garsh knows first hand how difficult it can be to transition from being in the military to civilian life after spending 12 years as a soldier.
He left the armed forces after suffering a severe head injury following a roadside bomb explosion and was later diagnosed with a seizure disorder.
Garsh says readjusting to civilian life is hard after embracing the values of the military when he was a soldier for a dozen years at the expense of his own.
He got his life back in order after enrolling in a programme called “Shaping Purpose” which showed him what he had to do to live a happy life.
Garsh says soldiers, when they leave the military, don’t think they have skill sets that are marketable in civilian life and it’s also difficult to adjust to an unstructured environment.
