Algeria is divided into three groups: those who write these kinds of comments, those who like them, and those who make videos to expose them and try to change the mentality. I’m glad we belong to the third group.
My father is literally the best dad I could ask for, But he served in the 90s against the GIA/FIS, and it clearly left a deep mark on him that he doesn't talk about.
I’ve been hearing him in his room alone, whispering to himself and literally throwing punches in the air like he’s fighting someone who isn't there. Sometimes at dinner, he just "checks out" and starts whispering under his breath like he's in another world .
Outside the house or at work, his temper is on a hair trigger If someone does something wrong, he gets angry instantly it’s like he’s still in "combat mode" even 30 years later.but not like when we are in the dinner table and he gets into his own world sometimes i try to talk to him so he can stop this and he ignores me like he is focusing deeply in the conversation with the people in his head
My family just ignores it and acts like it’s not happening, but it’s heavy to live with.
Has anyone else here lived with a veteran of the Black Decade who does this?