Post-structuralism

women can suffer more severe post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Women who serve also run the risk of getting sexually assaulted while in the same living quarters as males can have ptsd worse. “ For one, psychologists have found that women who experienced sexual harassment or trauma before or during their military service are more likely to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder than those who were not sexually traumatized.”( Munsey 3 ) This…

people try to avoid the accordance of their traumatic event through "avoiding going near places where the trauma occurred or seeing TV programs or news reports about similar events"(Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"). "Individuals with PTSD may try to avoid situations that trigger memories of the traumatic event" (Post-Traumatic Stress…

Through the event, the reader can begin to notice how Holden is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and how he really cannot fit back into society. Unlike most cases of post-traumatic stress, Holden did not go to war or was a victim or rape; he was merely a witness to a death. By combining Salinger’s book and the second and third chapters of Dr. Judith Lewis Herman’s book: Trauma and Recovery, the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder on Holden will become more clear and proven.…

he had, so they made it into a movie so we could really see what he went through. The movie American Sniper was absolutely amazing not only because of the action sequences, but for the breathtaking acting performance and the awareness it brings to post traumatic stress disorder a.k.a. PTSD.…

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), also known as shell shock or battle fatigue, is a mental health issue that could develop after experiencing a life changing moment in a person’s life. Most researchers theorize that the people who have PTSD have either fought in war, been a victim of rape, or have endured a life changing experience. In the United States, 70 percent of adults, approximately 223.4 million people, have experience at least one traumatic moment in their lives. One…

Spouses of Persons with Spinal Cord Injury: Impact and Coping The name of the article is Spouses of Persons with Spinal Cord Injury: Impact and Coping. Spinal cord injury (SCI) can be an unforeseen occurrence that can have extreme lifelong sequences. The after effects not only impact the person with the injury, but also other members of the family. (SCI) can change the family structure and particularly what roles people play. The spouses and significant others of the injured person can undergo…

A man named Bear confused his co-worker with an enemy, “On one occasion Bear confused a Vietnamese co-worker at the post office with the Vietnamese enemy. He grabbed the man and told him he was going to cut his throat just like his comrades”(Shay 6).Bear has returned from combat, but still is reminded of war. Instead of seeing his co-worker as the innocent man he is…

In his 2012 article for The New Yorker, “Atonement,” Dexter Filkins recounts his time spent in Iraq and explains how he helped connect Lu Lobello, a veteran suffering from severe PTSD, with the Kachadoorians, an Armenian family. While in Iraq, the Kachadoorians suffered devastating casualties and injuries at the hands of Lobello’s unit, Fox Company. Even though the United States Government determined the civilian deaths and injuries were justified, Lobello and many other members of Fox Company…

We as humans experience trauma during some time in our life, such as the loss of a loved one, war, rape, and segregation. These traumas can leave a long lasting effect on a person. It can isolate a person from others leaving them in silence and also with a shadow of themselves that is unrecognizable. With trauma, a wall of silence can build around a person and begin to chip away parts of them, by sharing their stories the wall can be broken and the person can begin to heal. Trauma is a concept…

The short stories “Chickamauga” written by Ambrose Bierce and “The Covenant” written by Crystal Arbogast both show the effects that post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) has on someone. The effect war has on someone is very traumatic it can mentally and physically scar a person, but what can be harder is when your a child having to deal with someone who has been through war trying to live with it. PTSD effects family, sleeping patterns, causes small bursts of spaz attacks, and detachment issues…