Honestly, I think his agenda is pretty much to make money from other people's misery. But damn that cartoon made me laugh first time I saw it.:)
I'm currently reading a book that examines that sort of thing, but about Afghanistan and Iraq. It's called "The Forever War" (no, no, not the ancient sci-fi schmaltz, it's from a few years ago and by a journalist who was actually there). At least in part, it seems to talk about what rampant PTSD does to a society, though it never uses the term.
"America The Story of Us" The Pilgrims land and one native tribe asks them to help drive off the local bullies. They were only too happy to help. Or desperate.
There's a doc I keep meaning to watch on PTSD troops returning home.
I mean this is the story of my life. My ego is not normalized.
It goes back to "The Odyssey" which is a mythologized tale of a PTSD trooper trying to get home and find/establish an idyllic home life. We know what that is filled with...
I'm not sure you saw it, but my son is home out of the Army with a severe case of PTSD.
One problem with PTSD is that the people that have often seems to be quite functional, except for the short fuse and depression sits on their shoulder. People being what they are tend therefore to dismiss it.
yeah, I understand about yours. in his case there is a long history. he lost his best friend to suicide less than a year into his service, which he identifies as the beginning of his trauma. But many other "bad" things were experienced.
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thanks, yeah, like that, except a book that takes a serious look at the question without the agenda.
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Honestly, I think his agenda is pretty much to make money from other people's misery. But damn that cartoon made me laugh first time I saw it.:)
I'm currently reading a book that examines that sort of thing, but about Afghanistan and Iraq. It's called "The Forever War" (no, no, not the ancient sci-fi schmaltz, it's from a few years ago and by a journalist who was actually there). At least in part, it seems to talk about what rampant PTSD does to a society, though it never uses the term.
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I think I heard him interviewed recently.
I enjoyed the cartoon also, but I think 2/3 of the world rejects Moore prima facie.
I think there is power in a history for shedding the denial.
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There's a doc I keep meaning to watch on PTSD troops returning home.
I mean this is the story of my life. My ego is not normalized.
It goes back to "The Odyssey" which is a mythologized tale of a PTSD trooper trying to get home and find/establish an idyllic home life. We know what that is filled with...
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I'm not sure you saw it, but my son is home out of the Army with a severe case of PTSD.
One problem with PTSD is that the people that have often seems to be quite functional, except for the short fuse and depression sits on their shoulder. People being what they are tend therefore to dismiss it.
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Mine is wrapped with a whole lot of other issues.
Hope he can make his way through it.
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yeah, I understand about yours. in his case there is a long history. he lost his best friend to suicide less than a year into his service, which he identifies as the beginning of his trauma. But many other "bad" things were experienced.
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