For those who served — and are still carrying it.
Whether you are active duty, Guard, Reserve, or a veteran, the transition and the mission both leave a mark. You do not have to have a diagnosis to deserve support. These resources are confidential and built around military life.
How are you feeling?
Tap what fits right now to find honest guidance and ways to get help.
Common challenges
What people in your world often face.
- Combat exposure, moral injury, and post-traumatic stress
- Difficult transitions to civilian life and identity
- Traumatic brain injury and chronic pain
- Isolation after leaving a tight-knit unit
- Relationship and family reintegration strain
- Barriers to care and concern about career impact
Signs you may need support
If several of these feel familiar, reaching out can help.
- Hypervigilance, being easily startled, or always scanning
- Flashbacks, nightmares, or avoiding reminders of service
- Feeling disconnected, numb, or without purpose
- Anger, guilt, or shame that will not lift
- Increased drinking or risk-taking
- Thoughts that others would be better off without you
Crisis support
Free and confidential. If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
Peer support options
Connection with people who get it.
Vet Centers
Community-based counseling for combat veterans and their families, provided confidentially and often by fellow veterans.
Team RWB & veteran groups
Local chapters that reconnect veterans through fitness, service, and social events — belonging that eases the transition.
Battle buddy check-ins
Stay in the habit of checking on the people you served with. A simple message can break through isolation.
Trusted national resources
Vetted organizations built for you.
Simple coping tools
Practical techniques you can use today.
Grounding with your senses
Name 5 things you see, 4 you hear, 3 you feel, 2 you smell, 1 you taste to pull out of a flashback.
Mission-style routine
Structure your day with clear objectives and small wins. Purpose and predictability steady the mind.
Physical training as therapy
Regular movement burns off stress hormones and rebuilds the discipline and camaraderie you know well.
How to support someone
Reaching a battle buddy who is hurting can be a lifeline.
- 1Reach out directly — do not wait for them to ask.
- 2Speak their language and skip the clinical labels.
- 3Ask plainly if they are thinking about suicide; it does not plant the idea.
- 4Connect them to the Veterans Crisis Line (988, then 1).
- 5Keep showing up. Consistency rebuilds trust.