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![There’s a pill for everything now. The fast fix. We’re addicted to pills of one kind or another, and they keep pushing them on TV. I guess I’m a little bit discouraged that so many people are hooked on medications. I very rarely see anybody [say], ‘Go through psychotherapy before you go on happy pills.’ - Scott S.](img/vets/experiences-care-scott-meds.jpg)
![There sometimes is this overwhelming patriotism that you experience in the VA when you just would like to go see your doctor. Maybe if they knew you did not really need all of that with your healthcare they would just treat you like a patient. I come in [to the VA] with a certain level of fear about [my membership in Iraq Veterans Against the War] being a secret that I have to keep. Or maybe they won’t treat me as well. - Chantelle B.](img/vets/experiences-care-chantelle-march.jpg)
![You’ve heard the expression: ‘I’m a mushroom. They keep me in the dark and feed me crap.’ A lot of times, you feel like you’re not getting all the information you need. The government prints enough paper to destroy the entire world’s forest population; even though [the information] is all there at our fingertips, we get overwhelmed. You sit in your little corner and try to absorb what you can, but a lot of it you’re going to miss. - Scott S.](img/vets/experiences-care-scott-mushroom.jpg)
![When I came back from my first deployment, I didn’t think about claiming unemployment because of the stigma. The second time around a VA counselor said; ‘One thing I’ve been telling all the guys to do, if you don’t have a job to go back to, is start collecting [unemployment] immediately.’ Later, I decided to go to school for social work. I was like, ‘Hey maybe I should be like [that VA guy]. This could be a good career for me; helping other vets.’ - Ray F.](img/vets/experiences-care-ray-unemployment.jpg)
![This bench is in front of the [Coatesville VA] Medical Center. They just did it for the view, not for what for it does for the soul. But it helps me a great deal. I sit there all the time. - Keith H.](img/vets/experiences-care-keith-bench.jpg)
