Amy Au-Yong * BSc (Hons) Trigger normalization in particular, not avoidance of benign triggers, and detachment from all abusive authority figures, whether it be from disordered parents (preventing infantile regression) or from those very broken systems (military or governmental) who by nature continue to place in harm’s way but won’t set free, is necessary for a vet, like all trauma survivors, to adjust to normal life. They are much like Manchurian candidates brainwashed with a mental disorder that only works in a war zone. Auditory flashbacks, disturbed attention and sleep disturbance are prominent symptoms in blind patients who suffer from PTSD. walk, Examples of healable PTSD and the authority figures that unjustly impose it include the following: A father beats or molests his son, teaching the innocent child he deserves and needs to dispense physical abuse to become a man, and if the child objects or tells on the father, the father will beat the boy’s mother and siblings as well, placing the child in a double bind. to the crooks, The symptoms of PTSD are just the body’s way of letting the conscious state know there is something that must be revisited and relearned correctly, so that they can heal and enjoy life again. watching your options fall, 7 The primary objective of the open-label study was to investigate changes in hippocampal volume and declarative memory during a 9- to 12-month treatment period. At the time of interview his sleep was disturbed by these nightmares at least twice a week. Systems are not designed to save you from them. And considering the suicide rates of soldiers with PTSD and the increasing rates of suicide among military family members including children, it smacks of way too little too late. thinking you were protecting them Our veteran services largely do not promote cognitive therapies known world-wide to help heal PTSD. Perceptions of sounds often predominate in these flashbacks. doi: 10.4088/PCC.17m02138. As Yoda said, you must unlearn what you have learned. – Dean Koontz, The Darkest Evening of the Year. COMMITTEES SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCH ON PTSD al., 20… It can get you any time, any where. A randomized, double-blind evaluation of d-cycloserine or alprazolam combined with virtual reality exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in … Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop after a very stressful, frightening or distressing event, or after a prolonged traumatic experience. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in blind patients is a rare clinical entity. Individuals with PTSD are increasingly seeking CIH (see the Table for summary of CIH approaches); in a 2012 survey, 39% of individuals with PTSD reported using CIH, with meditation and relaxation being the most commonly employed modalities. A trial with paroxetine investigated long-term treatment in patients with PTSD. Psychiatrists are now discovering that the failure of military systems to provide effective deprogramming to help veterans resolve war trauma is resulting in widespread PTSD in their “dependents” as well, as if wives, husbands, children, and even romantic partners are also traumatized war survivors. He also has strong family ties and a strong network of friends. with the body of a crustacean, only when the just man leaps a broken walking stick McFarlane AC (1988)Comprehensive Psychiatry, 29:6 558-460, [4] Erichsen FE, On railway and other injuries of the nervous system. This fear triggers many split-second changes in the body to prepare to defend against the danger or avoid it, i.e., the “fight-or-flight” response. Women have been pondering uncomfortable facts for thousands of years, knowing action and proportionate expression of emotion is not only allowable in real life, but necessary. Time blindness can hurt. and to men who don’t love them, women think it is their job Systems see you as the expendable and they do not exist to serve the laws of love. you sat on a fence waiting to their own image Blindness is naturally one of the most feared disabilities. on invisible waters, The Fine Art of Jewelry Repair (A post about unraveling), Chapter 8, Eros's Error and the Compensatory Grace. How is military training just if it does not allow those who have tried to save and defend us – to be saved and defended by us – when they return home? and lie about love, men think it is their job Nearly everyone will have a range of reactions after a trauma, but most recover from those symptoms, the NIMH says. Methods: In a randomized trial in which both participants and assessors were blind, participants with PTSD received either an SGB or a sham procedure. [6] Tabandeh H, Lockley SW et al, Disturbance of Sleep in Blindness. You may be having a hard time readjusting to life out of the military. What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? to save their own sons, without making a sound, This is because they themselves are commonly the very victims abandoned by men’s ineffective strategizies. fashioning admirers For how is military training just if we permanently brainwash all human vulnerability out of the man, and destroy his capacity for love, trust, human empathy and bonding? There’s Herodotus’ description of an Athenian soldier who became blind after witnessing the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., and a Shakespearean monologue in Henry IV, Part 1 in which Lady Percy describes her husband’s sleeplessness and inability to enjoy life after fighting a battle. MK sustained back and shoulders injuries at the time. I would think Christians (who still consititute a large proportion of our Armed Forces) would take both heed and comfort that a savior already died and rose again so that humans would choose love and life. and trust in the power of love The study by BUSM and the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System reveals the klotho gene is a key to longevity in humans. American Psychiatric Association; 4th edition (May 1, 1994). but she has placed If vets want effective help they have to realize they need it, it’s out there, and obtain it on their own (like the rest of us) but typically will not do so because they place unconditional trust in systems for which they were, for lack of a better word, brainwashed to be expendible. Are we going to serve war and death by trying to make ourselves as “invulnerable” as drones to everything and everyone around us except those disordered systems, while punishing the innocent for being healthily human, those who scream out when they are in pain, or laugh when they are happy? Yet I have seen American civilians who have survived horrific traumas of their own, such as domestic violence and rape, or who suffered severe child abuse at the hands of their own parents or a clergy member (also abandoned or retraumatized by our own systems) get ridiculed and demoralized by combat vets for correctly comparing their resultant stress disorders, when they tried to reach out and share with these vets the information they need to recover, as I am attempting to do today. But no matter how long the V.A. Or you may constantly feel on edge, emotionally numb and disconnected, or close to panicking or exploding. They get PTSD because they have been lied to, indoctrinated or brainwashed in some manner by an authority figure about trauma. All pages copyright ©Priory And as human individuals, we have choices to make in life. a slave to the man, frozen in February, and sleep disturbances as mediators Journal of Trauma and Stress, 2005 Aug;18(4):299-302. for suffering too much, you mistook her for the enemy Most often PTSD is triggered by a single event, but it can also be triggered by a series of events, such as long-term abuse. The disturbance of daily routine by PTSD symptoms no doubt contributes to the patient’s sleep disturbance. [5] Meewisse ML, Nijdam MJ et al Disaster-related posttraumatic stress symptoms and sustained attention: Evaluation of depressive symptomatology and calling Sarah jealous, like a spell caster The patient was fully competent at the time of interview and has given his full consent to publication of this case report. [1] Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. These nightmares have the same content as the flashbacks he has been experiencing. In America, trauma related disorders are epidemic, while those who have the power to shape public opinion impose volatile mental manipulations on those unitiated in the self-serving brokeness of our political, military and medical systems. G. K. Chesterton was emphasizing this when he spoke of “the true soldier (who) fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”. and to the liars For people struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, making it through the day can be a burden. I say it’s about time someone let the cat out of the bag, if not for our soldiers’ sake, for the sake of the country, those they went to war to defend, not harm, and for the sake of those they will inevitably, pre-emptively abandon, who are mostly innocent women and children, if everyone continues to keep looking the other way. To make matters even worse, war is different now. wait times, or how isolated or emotionally cut off from others you feel, its important to know that youre not alone and there are plenty of actions you can take to start feeling bette… I think it’s a big mistake to assume that this is ocurring because combat-related PTSD (what used to be called battle fatigue) is somehow by nature far worse than any other form of PTSD. He remembers his father pulling out at a junction, the collision with another car, and the images of his father and front of the car destroyed. What could be a more irresponsible thing to do to our vets and the families vets will, if no one gives them the information and tools they really need to heal, ultimately abandon? Woodworking and PTSD. I write this piece only to remind vets that man’s systems including the military, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and all systems within the government, are self-referential. During the early 1990s, the psychologist Judith Herman, in her seminal … Read the rest Abstract Over the two year time period, he has experienced flashbacks on a daily basis, sometimes a few times each day, and this has persisted up to the time of interview with little improvement in the intervening period. None the less, some veteran groups continue to encourage vets to blame those who are simply out enjoying life, and healthily living it. the savior Who will turn on who, and who will abandon who first for this “greater”, terrifying cause? Face blindness is thought to be the result of abnormalities, damage, or impairment in the right fusiform gyrus, a fold in the brain that appears to coordinate the neural systems that control facial perception and memory. The suprachiasmatic nucleus in turn controls the pineal gland’s melatonin rhythm, which mediates the circadian sleep cycle. This occurs because there is limited input of light to the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the central hypothalamic circadian clock via the optic nerves and retinohypothalamic tracts. Now we have volatile, reactionary, war-like polarization sweeping the nation. A drill sergeant teaches (commonly male) soldiers it is their job to “save” those in a dependent position (commonly women and children), but showing emotion for the victims it is their job to save is discouraged, because emotions make a soldier vulnerable. Our leader and current military commander-in-chief is a man who Harvard psychiatrists even publicly warned as narcissistic and potentially sociopathic, precisely because he has demonstrable contempt for the vulnerable and those who suffer, as if to feel and express human empathy or endure pain makes you weak, or someone who thinks with your emotions and not your head. He fulfils diagnostic criteria for post traumatic stress disorder according to the Diagnostic statistical Manual (DSM IV) [1] and Clinician Administered PTSD scale [2]. But before you lash out at someone who has broken a social contract (again) by mismanaging their time, remember: it’s not about you. in self-bottled silence Though stress disorders may be somewhat “contagious” in general, combat vets and those that love them are uniquely susceptible to this emerging PTSD epidemic. Therefore systems are the blue falcon or more crudely put, the buddy or cluster fuck. He remembers his father pulling out at a junction then feeling a jolt and hearing his father’s chest hit the steering wheel. During such flashbacks, he re-experiences himself sitting in the car, as on the day of the accident, describing the car he is in and the road with cars going in both directions. Ramaswamy S, Driscoll D, Reist C, Smith LM, Albers LJ, Rose J, Nguyen L, Monga V, Doria R, Hollifield M. A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial of Vilazodone in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Depression. Auditory flashbacks, disturbed attention and sleep disturbance are prominent symptoms in blind patients who suffer from PTSD. This is because secondary victims could be being used as human weapons. while cutting your skin for a doll Brute expression and behavior is lauded rather than reasoned arguments based in critical thinking ability. Mr MK is a 24 year-old student, who has been blind since birth. but the truth one has hushed will he hear Sarah’s screams, pii: 17m02138. Now it’s those who live life who are untrustworthy, and the pathology that must not be denied accomodation. I believe terrorists’ placing of their own innocent women and children in harm’s way and using them as human explosives has contributed to returning vets misidentifying their own loved ones as emotional liabilities, being triggered by them, and mistaking them for the enemy. Tip: Pearls are often hidden in the deep. Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine if stellate ganglion block (SGB) could reduce symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in comparison with sham therapy in military service members. not war Conclusions. "Waiting in line feels like hours," said Roxanne Fouché, an … Since systems, which by nature place human beings in double binds are abusive, victims (both military and civilian) must bond with each other, and stop identifying with and relating war systems to Almighty God. In addition he experiences physical symptoms of anxiety during these attacks including tachypnoea, tachycardia and excessive sweating. Sleep disturbance was a dominant feature of our patient’s illness. Or are we going to punish people who have often survived equally traumatic, private wars of their own? The sleep-wake cycle is affected by other cues other than light (non-photic cues) and these include mealtimes, daily routine and emotional disturbances, such as those experienced by our patient. This trial was conducted at 2 U.S. sites, and used a fixed dose, randomized, double-blind, parallel-arm, placebo-controlled design comparing GR205171 (5 mg/day) with placebo in chronic PTSD. According to the National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, the rate of veteran suicides was one-and-a-half times greater than the suicide rate of non-veterans in 2019.The reason for this sad statistic is largely attributed to symptoms of PTSD. Many of our young people join the military in fact, to find order and meaning in life, after suffering emotionally void or abusive childhoods. And this is why the just woman, the good mother, will immediately, intuitively and automatically give of her own life force (not a man’s oxygen mask) breathing directly into the mouth of a dying child. Internationally leading cognitive therapists and neuro-linguistic programming experts believe the most severe cases of combat-related PTSD are really CPTSD, with war being the secondary trauma to childhood neglect. Those research priorities reflect DoD and VA efforts to understand, prevent, and treat for PTSD in service members and veterans who are exposed to traumatic events. Our military, whose interests and directives, although not always 100% humanitarian, has defended our nation and freed many foreign citizens from abusive, terrorist regimes. National Centre for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Seems incorrectly treated or untreated PTSD in combat vets is contagious, and secondary victims now have their own war stories to tell. As a result of this his results have suffered. Are we going to hold broken or ill designed systems accountable for what they are incorrectly doing to veterans and their families? It follows we must use proportionate force to help one another, by providing truth, physical defense when able, and caring for and being present for all human beings, when the other, be they a man or a woman, is suffering or has had an injustice imposed upon them. Pre-morbidly he enjoyed a wide range of hobbies and activities, including cycling, skateboarding, rock climbing, and attending the cinema. 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