 dulios says: New documentary about female Iraq War vets and PTSD. Sending troops back into combat after being diagnosed with PTSD is to inflect upon them an abuse much greater than any torture they could ever come up with for an enemy. Some people are so lacking in compassion that they have to see blood and guts before it registers in their minds that a human being may be in pain. These are the really sick people walking among us, too often in positions of power, controlling other people's lives.They are just as dangerous as the person who takes a gun into a McDonalds and starts shooting people. No conscience, no quilt, no feelings. A soldier with PTSD will have enough of a difficult time regaining normalcy in their life. To send that person back into c... @chestnut501 ,the affects are long term on their families when they wake in fright screaming, traumatising their loved ones.Suicide attempts and self inflicted injuries to get away from work place was another experience I could have done without from Nam vet who had to sleep in my quarters as a team leader because the others needed their sleep.So we took him off to hospital but he should have been debriefed and treated by army before leaving them.They just use them up and spit them out the cold blooded bastards. chedare, I'm glad you're sharing that. It shows just how far reaching the pain is. I can't imagine the pain of watching a loved one go through that. And the person with PTSD also knows what they are doing to the people they love, and is helpless to do anything about it. I simply cannot imagine PSTD on this level, but I did suffer from it as a rape survivor and that was bad enough. debbyski, I'm guessing you had the flashbacks and nightmares? I didn't have any of those, Thank God. I did disappear though for 3 years. I didn't tell anyone where I was and I didn't want anyone to find me. I made contact with my family a couple of years ago. I'm doing pretty good really. I "buried" a lot of memories, still have problems with pictures, even my own. I don't have any except for a picture of my parents which I cherish but can't keep out. Other than that I have my driver's license..Yuk! A couple of weeks ago my brother asked if he could email me a few old family photo's. I have them in a folder and its good. I slept less than 2 hours a night for several months, and noises seemed to startle and sort of unnerve me. It seemed like every other program on the television was about rape and I can not watch anything about that particular subject matter even to this day although I can talk about it and read about it sucessfully. Sometimes I detach myself and view it in almost a clinical manner to the point of pretending it never happened at all; it was all a bad dream, one that I can control. So from time to time, I mention it here on clipmarks to remind myself of the reality I do know of forgiveness and goodness and why I choose those realities. Debbyski, The mind heals itself in its own time. I'm sorry you've had such a horrible experience to deal with. Thank you for that Chestnut. |
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