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mental disorders

cutterone

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First, in no way do I want to despariage any vets but I have a question.
There is a lot of talk out there today about mental health after this recent shooting. We have vets coming home with PTS and it's validated but what about people that live in these war zones? Are they all affected in the same manner or is this unique to us due to our culture and life styles?
I guess it ties into the same thing about those in Conn being so tramatised. What about all those children in those war zones?
 

Steve

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PTSD or post traumatic stress syndrome is probably more wide spread then most think, it can be found in all walks of lives.. and affect people differently.. most vets I know tend to get withdrawn.. and depressed some unable to move on in their lives.. those living in war zones would be effected in worse ways.. and their children would more then likely endure lifelong suffering..

The essential psychological effect of trauma is a shattering of innocence. Trauma creates a loss of faith that there is any safety, predictability, or meaning in the world, or any safe place in which to retreat.

with help most lead normal lives and it would be difficult to distinguish from some one with no traumatic experience.

Hollywood has made it into something to be feared and calling it a mental illness is not really fair to those who deal with it .. just the label alone prevents many from seeking treatment..

so much so that military now counsels all returning vets..

those in the town, from children, teachers, first responders to parents will need help and time to get through this..
 

cutterone

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I understand but how do they cope in these countries where war is daily routine? These folks deal with this on a daily basis and they can't go back home and recieve treatment/theropy. Do we just have it so good that we can't cope?
 

backhoeboogie

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cutterone said:
Do we just have it so good that we can't cope?

You are hitting the nail on the head. Think of a woman catching a mouse in a mouse trap. Good thing. But is she runs into a bird with her car, it is a crisis. If she runs over a snake, that's a good thing too.

People who grow up with practicality tend to think practical. People who don't well..........
 

MoGal

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If you go read the new DSM V manual for psychiatric disorders.... they are adding everything to it... everybody has some kind of mental disorder according to that book... mostly because they keep adding more and more diagnosis .

you have to ask yourself why mental illness is becoming so profitable to the pharmaceutical companies??? they have a drug for whatever ails you and if it causes side effects they got a drug for that too....

Mental illness can also be caused by a lack of vitamins/minerals and a toxicity of heavy metals... for instance, bi polar disorder can be caused by lead poisoning but a blood test is inaccurate because lead settles in the bones and tissue, not the blood, by the time lead shows up in the blood you've got serious health problems.... when was the last time your regular doctor talked to you about heavy metals??? Probably about the same as him talking to you about a worming/parasite schedule... lol.
 
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