Chest trauma

Suicide and Bravery In The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien, the reader is educated about the horrors of war and the effects it can have on the people who return from it. Soldiers kill and watch people, ranging from close friends to the enemies they are fighting against getting killed. This leaves a lasting impact. A lot of soldiers who return from war suffer from the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD, which is “a debilitating anxiety disorder that occurs after…

POW! Chris kyles sniper goes off. One .50 caliber bullet soaring through the sky going as fast as a rocket about to hit the sniper killing all of Kyles men. And in one blink of an eye the sniper is dead and Kyle got the farthest shot ever. American Sniper is about and by Chris Kyle tells us about military training and being a seal. Kyle was a sniper. A very good one, too. He has won lots of reward and he has the farthest kill ever made by a sniper. Also the most kills recorded at 255 deaths.…

Dismissal of Slavery in Octavia Butler's Kindred. In order to enhance her argument that the book exhibited dismissal of slavery, she incorporated the trauma theory supported by Cathy Caruth, the concept of repetition compulsion supported by Sigmund Freud, and the concept of white guilt supported by James Baldwin. Whitehurst Joyner discussed how trauma theory originally came from the Greek definition of the womb referring…

During stressful or traumatic moment in someone's life it is common for that person to experience intense dreams and sometimes even hallucinations. In Macbeth, both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have these symptoms. Macbeth has hallucinations and Lady Macbeth experiences tormented dreams and sleepwalking. Before killing Duncan Macbeth experiences visions of a dagger floating in front of him guiding him to Duncan’s chamber. There are many examples of hallucinations and psychological anomalies…

The ideas of loss and grief and their effects on the individual exist as key aspects of the growth and development of Hamlet and Holden in their respective works of literature, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. The loss of a close family member heavily affects each of the characters, with Holden losing his brother and Hamlet losing his father. Directly following the deaths, each character has an aggressively negative reaction, varying between fits of rage or a…

Let us take a minute to step outside of ourselves and into an alien society that often goes hidden or forgotten. In this world, the habitants rarely experience the sunrise or sunset, nor do they hear the song of birds or the playful bark of a dog. As annoying as it might seem at first, these persons will never even hear the cry of a toddler as she begs for candy at the grocery store or the halfway-honk of a car horn from the elderly person whose car you almost hit. Those in this alien society…

Jose Chavez is a 30-year-old Latino man born in Montebello, CA who moved to Lancaster, CA due to his parents divorcing. Growing up, his family consisted of three older sisters, mom and dad additions preceding the divorce of a step-mother, step-sister & step-father. The new household in Lancaster, CA consisted of one older sister, one step-sister (went to boarding school), step-mother, nephew and dad. His mother, step-father, and sister lived in Walnut, CA. The older of the siblings lived in…

Young men and women all over the country find themselves pondering the destiny of their lives. Some will leave for college, employment, or the few that will choose to serve our country and fight, if need be, for the freedom of this Country. For the ones who will be serving our country, there are many factors to take into consideration, regarding their social and mental development. Resiliency is a key component in the effectiveness of any military personnel, it is thought to be crucial in the…

Jay does not feel very independent living with his mother. He has stated his interest in getting a job, however, his mother does not allow him to get a job because it will affect his eligibility for his disability benefits. It appears that he does not feel to have any personal control in making his own choices. This can be a reason in which his relationship with his mother is considered to be just “okay”. In a person’s life course, the past shapes the future. Transitions in one’s life can…

HUMAN SERVICES AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN THE MILITARY I. INTRODUCTION A. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), caused by exposure to a traumatic event, is a mental health condition characterized by recurrent nightmares or flashbacks, avoiding reminders/recounting the event, distorted mental processes or emotional numbing, and a persistently high state of arousal and reactivity (Institute of Medicine , 2014) B. In the military, PTSD is caused by various elements of combat exposure…