{"id":24781,"date":"2025-08-14T08:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24781"},"modified":"2025-08-14T08:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:15:24","slug":"im-fine-but-are-you-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24781","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d But are you really?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How many times a day do you hear the question, \u201cHow are you?\u201d and respond automatically with, \u201cI\u2019m fine?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But let\u2019s be real. How often does \u201cI\u2019m fine\u201d actually mean we\u2019re fine? For many Veterans, it\u2019s easier to say it than to open up about what\u2019s really going on inside. And here\u2019s the thing: Pretending everything\u2019s okay doesn\u2019t make the struggles go away. In fact, it can lead you down a dangerous road\u2014one that could even lead to a crisis or worse.  Continue reading<a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/141831\/im-fine-but-are-you-really\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/141831\/im-fine-but-are-you-really\/\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) How many times a day do you hear the question, \u201cHow are you?\u201d and respond automatically with,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,7],"tags":[172,1440,87,245,1866],"class_list":["post-24781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-healthbehavioral-health","category-veterans-benefits","tag-suicide-prevention","tag-vas-safety-plan-app","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care","tag-veterans-self-check-assessment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24782,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24781\/revisions\/24782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}