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Sean Crampton - Books That Changed My Life: Keeping The Love You Find #1

28 Aug 2024 · 0 min

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Short first-person monologue in which Sean Crampton recounts his fraught relationship with his father, who served as a U.S. Navy SEAL for decades, reconciled briefly with Sean in his early twenties, and died by suicide two years prior (linked to PTSD). The clip centers on family estrangement, reconciliation, and the lasting effects of military service on relationships and mental health.

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30 years.

13 deployments.

When Sean was 23.

Two years ago.

Maybe kind of give everybody context. So your dad was. My dad was a U.S. navy SEAL for 30 years. He did 13 deployments, and we did not have a good relationship when I was growing up. It was only after he and my stepmother adopted my youngest brother that he saw what he missed with me growing up.
And so when I was 23, he came to LA and apologized to me and was like, I was a horrific father. And I did the math, and I've only been in your life two years total.
And then he shot himself two years ago. He shot himself two years ago from ptsd? Yeah.