Posted on 05/20/2019 4:06:17 AM PDT by Great Awakening
I am a Vietnam Era Vet. At age 75, I feel in good general condition. My PTSD is not related to any notable physical trauma. The more significant injury with ongoing pain & suffering is the lack of empathy from the leadership who conduct the affairs that use resources for their personal interests in spite of the national interests that we have sworn to support & defend. What we are becoming increasingly aware of, are the organized behaviors of individuals who seek power & wealth by any means regardless of the health or life of the very ones who provide the power & wealth they desire. I will not surrender my ability to defend myself against the enemies of my freedom to act in my own interests in a fair & just manner while honoring those same rights of others. The enemy of the common person is generally not another person with the same needs. My enemy is the people who seek to use & manipulate the masses for their own selfish desires with little regard for the health of the individual. I am not a faceless asset with a calculated value. As vets we have offered some of the best of ourselves in the understanding & belief that it was for the good of our Country, not for the personal gain of an elite ruling class. I have felt betrayed by our government. Now we are learning the facts of that betrayal. Now we are beginning to see who the real enemies are & those who aid & abet them. Soon they will not be able to live among us. They will be punished. My service to my Country & fellow Patriots will be justified. I will be proud to be an American & a Veteran. My PTSD will be gone.
Thank you for your willingness to serve and defend our country. However, I don’t understand what you are talking about in this post.
He’s trying pretty hard to AVOID talking about what he is talking about for a very good reason we are all very well aware of.
I am a military person myself. Essentially made it a career.
What you are talking about is a legitimate concern, but it’s not called PTSD.
I have some PTSD (or had) related to a bombing I experienced on the ground. PTSD manifested as memories that were obsessive and graphic and did not fade like normal memories.
What you have is good, old fashioned, disgust.
You are correct, and thank you.
It ain’t PTSD - it’s a bout of snowflakism in the inability to let emotions be sidelined enough to keep them from intruding in on everyday life....you say “Viet Nam era” but don’t mention that which could have caused actual PTSD....not sure what you intended but hope you feel better having “vented” whatever it was.
PS: God Bless for your service.
Is this some Q-related junk?
I can relate. The more I listen to and observe “leadership” actions, the more I look upon them with distain.
Semper Fi
Welcome to the party, pal.
Then at the end of a long and weary day, they tell us that they intend to replace us with a new population that will more faithfully elect them. Taking the money we have earned and saved and giving it to their new population. And calling us racists and other names. I refuse to surrender.
First, thank you for your service. I would not call your affliction PTSD. I would call it true Patriotism.
I am not a vet, but suffer from the same affliction.
The new population you mentioned is the immigrants from Spanish language nations. Those people want the American government money. However, they know the government for what it is...manipulating and not to be trusted. Those new Americans are probably just as much manipulative and un-trustworthy as the Government from which they receive money.
I get a sneaky feeling that a goodly bunch of those SOB's that are running our nation are the ones that ran off to Canada back in the day.. Or maybe it's their liberal kids.. They have managed to foul up just about everything that that was good about America... Schools, Churches, individual liberties, even the love and respect folks use to have for our country.. Most of the young folks despise their own nation, thanks to the commie schools...
The stinking drugs that the hippies loved so much are now on every street corner and sold to any kid with the money... Pot, crack, cocaine, heroin, magic mushrooms, you name it.. Victimless crime they call it now.. Hell, it's even legal in some states.. :(
And on top of all that, we're being invaded by the stinky commies from the south and those rotton SOB's in Washington do NOTHEN about it..!!!
Name one war where the elite ruling class was punished for funding our enemy.
A couple well placed GPS bombs raining down on a big bank could end a war quickly. They are sitting ducks.
What you are talking about is a legitimate concern, but it’s not called PTSD.
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I was going to say the same. You may have PTSD, but this is more on the verge of paranoia. I use that word regretfully for lack of a better one, because it implies that your fears and suspicions are irrational, and my personal opinion is that they are not. When you look at things with a historical perspective and how soooooo many populations either never saw it coming or stuck their head in the sand when it was, and you see some of the things that are happening and being said now, then it is not wrong to look around or ask questions.
So if the thoughts are valid to have, then I would just focus more on the emotional end of it. Are you letting it get to you? You start out saying you feel good in your position but I wonder what was the real impetus for the post.
The process of draining the swamp is agonizingly slow. The sidewalk superintendents know exactly what to do & how to do it. They won’t really understand until they put their boots & gloves on & start wrestling with the swamp dwellers.
My job is to encourage & support the swamp drainers while trying to stay informed & to inform others.
The traitors are being exposed, we must keep the spotlights on them to prevent further infestation.
Thank you for your reply.
“I am a Vietnam Era Vet. At age 75” ...
Here is what works:
https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/veterans.html
Research published in “Military Medicine” and “The Lancet”.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(18)30384-5/fulltext
https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/183/1-2/e144/4781643?searchresult=1
Check it out - it’s what I personally found back in ‘71 after 4 years in Nam ‘66-’70.
Immediate relief and non-symptomatic in about 2 months.
For a lot of Nam Era Vets they sucked it up and buried the PTS by working intensely at their civilian jobs once home. When they retired ... up jumped the devil.
https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/jerry-yellin-resilient-warrior-fund.html
Read this ^^^^
Jerry Yellin (1924-2017) was a distinguished US Army Air Forces P-51 fighter pilot who is credited with flying the final combat mission of World War II over Tokyo on August 14, 1945.
Older brother, what you are describing sounds like what is called “moral injury.” I wish you well and pray you find peace.
If you really are struggling with PYSD there are great treatments available ....no they don’t include drugs
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