Depression Counseling - Virginia Beach

For years, you knew what your goal was. You had a role, a job, and you were good at it! You had a team and a shared mission you believed in. Now, post-deployment, you’re feeling lost at sea. Without the strict structure of military life, you’re having trouble getting out of bed in the morning, working out, and making plans for the future. This lack of motivation is understandable. You had one major driving force for most of your adult life: the military. Now that’s gone, and you need to find something else that drives you. Online depression therapy in Virginia Beach can help.

What do you identify as? For a while, you might have said spouse, parent, someone who’s really good at golf, and, without a doubt, a soldier. Being a part of the military likely occupied a huge part of your identity, and now that part can feel like it’s gone. Although your service in the military won’t be forgotten, it can feel like that part of you has shrunk. You no longer spend your days in JEB Little Creek-Fort Story or NAS Oceana. You don’t plan your year around deployment cycles and PCS orders. Who are you, without the military? The identity crisis that the question brings can trigger depression. For both identity crises and depression episodes, online therapy in Virginia Beach can help.