That's a good question, Ms. Gaudreau.
I'm speaking for myself here, but I think it's pretty much the same for a lot of my buddies.
I was an active kid and played a lot of sports. In my generation, our heroes were Schwarzenegger and Stallone. That's what we watched back then. One of my friends, who is 37, told me I was a dinosaur.
At 16, I lost interest in school. What interested me was the military and group life. Leaving the military was the biggest tragedy of my life. Now I can sleep, but tomorrow morning, I would go back to serve in the forces until they tossed my ass out, nothing less. Excuse my language.
For me, civilian life... I have nothing against civilians; we all have our roles to play. In fact, your role is super important today. However, according to the psychiatrist, I was a soldier at heart. I lived and breathed the military.