30/08/2025
Becoming a TBI warrior
So, you’ve been called up, drafted into a campaign you didn’t ask to be involved in. Now you’re part of a specialised unit. But, in order to become a tbi warrior you must first undergo training. There is an initiation test. You're drafted into this conflict and must train. The way you accomplish this is not to give up trying to improve what needs improving.
You have to work at it. Yes, it is tiring. For every step forward, you find yourself slipping back. Your struggle seems endless. The duty roster has you down for every day. ‘This isn’t fair’. No, it isn’t.
But this is normal. ‘Normal?’, you say. ‘I didn’t ask for this’. I didn’t ask for mine, either. But I was apparently responsible for causing the accident. Others were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. S—t happens. You have to find a constructive way of dealing with that fact.
Denial of the truth is not helpful. Sure, you can bury yourself in that denial, but it doesn’t make it any the less real. And besides, lies cannot be fixed because you will not face the truth. Lying to yourself, burying your head in the stupor of alcohol and drugs, doesn’t make that fact any less real. Your body might be very damaged – but the mind? Why cloud it in the fog of denial? As I have found out, we are stronger than we believe we are. And, the assault course of life is tiring.
When you’re tired, that is your mind/body telling you to rest. Rest is important. This, too, is normal.
Even though I achieved a good level of fitness, if I sat down at a break in work and tried reading a book, when watching television or sitting down in a warm room, that’s when I noticed the fatigue. Not all the time. It is just something you’re going to have to get used to. And you have your very own ‘drill instructor’ who makes you face aspects of that course time and time again; for your own good, not his.
Of course, you will feel resentment and ask, ‘why me’? Why not?
Like all soldiers, you will face countless challenges. You will discover that you really can overcome things you always thought you could not. Some will inevitably give up and drop out, they will not bother with the effort required to become a soldier, worthy of self-respect and the respect of others. They try and get back to a life they knew before. However, you will not be able to. Accepting this fact takes time. Time to reflect.
You will try and numb the pain of rejection, the physical and emotional pain, the distance of friends and colleagues who appear not to care. You will feel that no one understands. It must be realised, though, that this is the same way you would have reacted in their position. That you might have felt just as uncomfortable in their position. Be honest. They have their lives to lead; so would you on the other side of the fence.
Once that is accepted, you can move on to the next hurdle.
However, you have been initiated. It is said that you can take the man out of the army, but you cannot take the army out of the man (or woman). You may be back in ‘civvy street’, but you have changed. The world around you hasn't. It is not their fault for not being able to understand what you have been through - no more than you could understand it before you were drafted. You are likely to harbour resentment for being called up and against the world for not understanding. Because of this, you will feel angry, frustrated, unfulfilled, cheated, depressed. Disappointed even. You will try and return to the life you once knew. This is not possible. You have been drafted. The pecking order has changed.
Meanwhile, others will stick at it. They may forever be soldiers, rank and file, enlisted. Others will become officers and warriors, leaders. They will achieve things they did not believe they could beforehand. In doing so, they will gain self-respect and the respect of others. Your scars will be worn with pride, testament to what you have been through.
You can now call yourself a warrior!
Finally, don’t wear the medal of conceit. This is not worthy of the person it presents itself to. Don’t rob yourself of dignity or compare yourself to others. You have your own path. That assault course may be tiring but you now face it with experience and strength.
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