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To: A_Former_Democrat
Warfare and close combat are primary causes of PTSD.

The cause of the condition is the person has to feel they have NO CONTROL over events AND be in abject fear for their lives.

Just about anyone will get it if the fear is sufficiently intense, especially if combined with shame.

It's actually emerging as a PHYSICAL condition. The injection of that much cortisol into the brain steam causes a permanent rewire.

Let me testify, it sucks.

5 posted on 01/23/2015 8:02:08 PM PST by Mariner (First the GOP must die. Everything else comes after that.)
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To: Mariner
Let me testify, it sucks.

Big time.

Been there, done that, earned the T-shirt the hard way.

8 posted on 01/23/2015 8:07:33 PM PST by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: Mariner

The Romans would make their warriors wait outside the city for 3 days or more, before allowing them to go to their families after battle.

Kind of a re-acclimation. Our soldiers did something similar in WWII. It often took weeks or months to be sent home from theater. Time to decompress and contemplate.

I’m not saying our WWII vets didn’t suffer, my dad is one of them.


10 posted on 01/23/2015 8:50:49 PM PST by occamrzr06 (A great life is but a series of dogs!)
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To: Mariner

Your explanation makes sense.

Prayers up.

Thank you for your service.


18 posted on 01/24/2015 4:12:25 AM PST by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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