I would say that in the end, it affected my career trajectory, but I can honestly say that for me, but I am an exception, it did not negatively impact my career in the sense that I was not promoted or I didn't get the good posting. I did not notice any of that.
What happened, however, is all the unwritten stuff. When people become aware that you have a mental problem, there is a very silent movement of the culture. Different associate deputy ministers would react to me very differently. I was actually, for all intents and purposes, relieved of my duties in 2006 because I was probably seen as somebody with bad judgment and things like that, and the fact that the person who relieved me knew that I had an operational stress injury probably compounded that. We'll never know.