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- doiveo, on 12/20/2008, -1/+21Brings new meaning and validity to "I will hit you so hard your grandkids will feel it"
- inactive, on 12/21/2008, -1/+8I just logged in to tell you to that I am burying you and also to go ***** yourself.
My grandfather who served in the korea war and my father who served in vietnam are real men who saw real atrocities that dealt with the horror of this horrible mental state.
And either one would slit your throat and ***** down your neck if they needed to.
Maybe I don't understand the horrors they experienced and maybe I don't understand waking up at night with nightmares of seeing my friends being picked off one by one by charlie but PTSD is real - dilbert, on 12/21/2008, -0/+5George Carlin: "Then of course, came the war in Viet Nam, which has only been over for about sixteen or seventeen years, and thanks to the lies and deceits surrounding that war, I guess it's no surprise that the very same condition was called post-traumatic stress disorder. Still eight syllables, but we've added a hyphen! And the pain is completely buried under jargon. Post-traumatic stress disorder.
I'll bet you if we'd of still been calling it shell shock, some of those Viet Nam veterans might have gotten the attention they needed at the time. I'll betcha. I'll betcha." - DiskCrasher, on 12/21/2008, -0/+5Knowing someone who suffers from PTSD due to childhood abuse, I'm glad there are researchers who take it seriously. Unfortunately, our society still maintains an immature and unaccepting view of mental illness (just read some of these arrogant comments). I've learned that even though many of us can "get over it and move on" there are those who just cannot no matter how hard they try. Their brains have been permanently scarred. Somehow they were more susceptible. So they often turn to self-mutilation, drugs, and even suicide because they can't get rid of the pain.
- Swivelstick, on 12/21/2008, -0/+4Lou Reed said what this study is saying a long time ago.
You can't depend on your family
You can't depend on your friends
You can't depend on a beginning
You can't depend on an end
You can't depend on intelligence
You can't depend on a god
You can only depend on one thing
You need a Busload of Faith to get by.............. - noen, on 12/21/2008, -0/+3While I agree with you that it sounds counter intuitive I'm digging the article because it does seem like they have their ducks in a row. It might be better to say that susceptibility to PTSD runs in families. Which, if you read it, is what the article says.
- Nidy1, on 12/21/2008, -0/+3Did you even RTFA?
- Paranor01, on 12/21/2008, -0/+3I can't thank you enough for stating truth in the face of going against the grain of what seems to be a large number of diggers, as well as society as a whole. I, like the person you know, is a sufferer of childhood abuse, and have been affected in all aspects of my life even to today, at 40. Years of pill pushing "mental health professionals" just throw medications (that don't work) at you rather than actually trying to work on the base issues.
I relate to those who have gone off to war, because I myself am in one, though of a different nature. An invisible war that continues to haunt and torture to this day, coming unbidden and without thought. I am sure most will say "suck it up" or "it was in the past, get over it"... but what they will never accept is the fact that one does work at it, attempting to keep it all in check and have it not affect your daily life. But it does nonetheless, smacking you in the face when you least expect it.
I recently watched "LOTR Return of the King", and was struck by Frodo's speech during the end, after returning home to The Shire, after the adventure of the ring. It was written so plainly, so truthfully, that I feel it resonates very strongly for anyone who has PTSD from whatever source:
"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand. There is no going back. There are some things time cannot mend, some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold."
I realized, even before re-watching the movie and stumbling upon that statement, that I will never be free. I am an unwilling slave to it. The only thing I can do, is hold onto the only thing left to me... hope... even though I am not hopeful at all. - danconia, on 12/21/2008, -0/+3More like people who have traumatic experiences are likely to traumatize their children. Why do you think children who were beaten tend to beat their own children?
We're all susceptible to PTSD, even dogs are. - truthigator, on 12/21/2008, -0/+3So are alcohol and hookers.
- garlicdeath, on 12/21/2008, -0/+3Throw the 3 together and you have a great night.
- aeroboar, on 12/21/2008, -0/+2I have to agree with poopsmcgee. Everyone I know who claims to have PTSD doesn't have nightmares about their buddies being killed, they have nightmares about the things they've done in combat. Some people aren't meant to be killers.
When I was in the Corps we had a cure for PTSD. It was called Suck It Up Juice, and it flowed freely from the faucet. - garlicdeath, on 12/21/2008, -2/+3Cigarettes are a stress reliever.
- DrMatt, on 12/21/2008, -0/+1I'm curious about the validity of the article. You don't have to be AT the event to experience symptoms of PTSD (ie, be diagnosed with it). You can have the same symptoms whether you've been in an earthquake or seen it on TV. If you saw the shuttle disasters on TV (like I did) or other tramatic events on the news for example.
So... Is it possible that, the parents who experienced the trauma of the earthquakes described to their children the details in such detail that it created PTSD symptoms... or is it, indeed, like the article says, genetic.
Just some thoughts... - inactive, on 12/20/2008, -8/+9lol... no it doesn't. please look in the dictionary for the definition of Post Traumatic because i don't think you quit understand the meaning.
- danconia, on 12/23/2008, -0/+1Ever gotten or seen a dog that had a previously abusive owner? You'll find they are quite different from ones that haven't been abused.
- inactive, on 12/22/2008, -0/+1Ironic that those replying to my comment only further prove my point. What's your heartache? You see some really sad stuff? Lose someone close to you? Poor baby. Come get a hug. Everyone suffers, experiences unimaginable horror at some point. Only a select few can truly be pussies enough to come up with something and call it PTSD. I'm right, you're wrong, deal with that ladies.
- specialK16, on 12/21/2008, -1/+2Listen you little piece of *****, you really have no ***** idea what you are talking about.
- Paulish, on 12/21/2008, -0/+1I agree with the first part of what you said 100%. I don't know if PTSD is genetic or anything, but people do tend to pass their abuses onto their children.
As for the dogs thing. I have never heard that, and would want more evidence before I come to that conclusion. - chewties, on 12/21/2008, -4/+4I can agree with this. Military service seems to run in a family.
- BadSphinx, on 12/23/2008, -0/+0Yea it was ALLL politicians...It definitely wasn't retard Americans, porbably like yourself living above your means and putting everyone on credit right?
- inactive, on 12/21/2008, -2/+1Awww. My heart is breaking.
I'm sure you sleep well at night knowing that the atrocities they experienced are far worse than any other people to ever inhabit the earth. - truthigator, on 01/02/2009, -1/+0BadSphincter
Hey retard, try the spell checker next time - "porbably" - ***** dope!
I see your mama and I am going to wreck that ass just for you... - noen, on 12/21/2008, -2/+1Funny man, not a scientist though.
- pandikukka, on 12/21/2008, -2/+0It very much depends on what kind of environment you grow up in.
Genes, I doubt it - truthigator, on 12/21/2008, -5/+0I wonder if I could get disability and maybe some welfare from the PTSD I am suffering from the way these politicians are wrecking our economy?
- heyitsguay, on 12/21/2008, -6/+1So... traumatic events can cause... some sort of stress... after the traumatic events.
Oh my god. - inactive, on 12/21/2008, -12/+4A genetic predisposition to being unable to suck it up and deal.
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