[alexanderh]

As the son of a Vietnam Veteran (drafted) and Purple Heart recipient (shot in the stomach with an AK-47 by the enemy) and severe motorcycle accident survivor (Semi-truck didn't see him and merged into him on the freeway at high speed. He was told he would never walk again after this one, however he managed to learn how to use his leg like it was prosthetic, having very little actual control over it despite it still being there)... This is unfortunate and makes way too much sense to me :\ :( Not only did it effect his ability to raise me environmentally like a more normal father, but I've always suspected it ran deeper than this, as the kind of mental issues I have dealt with never really made total sense based on how I was raised alone.