Veteran

here “Many call it the 1000 yard stare and can't realize the pain when PTSD takes us there.” (Stanley Victor Paskavich) In Benedict Carey’s factual article, Stress On Troops Adds to U.S. Hurdles in Iraq, he states how PTSD affects soldiers and veterans who have been put under a lot of stress in the Military. Some soldiers get help from a psychologist. But sometimes they lash out at people. They will also have flashbacks of war that will make them lash out. Odysseus might have had PTSD from the…

Although there are several methods to conduct research studies, there is one in particular that interests me most. This method of research is called the exploratory research study. This type of research is typically conducted for a problem that has not yet been clearly defined or resolved. Exploratory research is not usually generalized to a population of people, but to a select few or small group that is affected by the issue at hand. One study that has not only captivated my attention…

Theological and Ethical Foundations Before I go into the more ethical reasons of why this is so important to our Catholic healing ministries, let me provide a personal perspective on the issue. As a veteran of the United States Armed Forces, I have seen my share of horrible situations and suffered traumatic emotional pain from them. I am one of the tens of thousands of military veteran’s and overall Americans who suffers from depression and I am also Bi-polar. I have struggled for many years…

was living on the edge of insanity. He endures a sort of posttraumatic stress disorder due to the terrifying scenes he experiences at war. As a result, the man exemplifies the common life of a veteran who is constantly defying what’s told to him by physicians. Virginia Woolf exemplifies the struggle of veterans living in British society through Septimus’ relationship with his wife Lucrezia, his battle with doctors/society attempting to put him away and his constant visions of negativity…

the trauma when you’re doing something, second symptoms staying away from a place or people that reminds you about your trauma, and third symptoms when you are feeling on guard. The Military states, that today military men and women are military veterans…

know is that his enemy, is really not his enemy.. but his brother. Moving on, trauma is distinguished much more differently in the article “For Soldier with PTSD, a Profound Daily Struggle”. This trauma is characterized as the type of trauma that Veterans go through after the war. This trauma is very different from the The…

For the last 15 years, we have been fighting a war on terror. America has deployed its service members time and time again to numerous locations and expects them to function normally after multiple combat rotations. Recent wars, more so than earlier wars have had a greater effect on the mental stability of the service men and women within Special Operations Forces (SOF). If United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) expects its people to charge head first into battle, it must make…

Trauma is woven within the fabric of history. Being that the world is riddles with natural disasters, violence, war, and accident people have often experienced life altering events. Throughout decades these circumstances have caused tremendous amounts of psychological side effects. In fact, the history of trauma diagnosis and support is a deeply complex one. Initially trauma went undiagnosed and often had a history of having a negative association. The Empire of Trauma An Inquiry Into the…

could you tell your girlfriend what it was like for you to shoot another human being? How could you tell her how vulnerable and scared you felt, never knowing if you would live another hour…”1. These are the types of questions and horrors that keep veterans with PTSD(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) from returning to their normal lives before the war. PTSD is not only a disease that keeps people awake at night with nightmares; it is a disease that creeps into every aspect of their lives and…

As all wars are the same, many countries have had to deal with the after affects they have on soldiers and the wider community. The First World War was, however, different in the fact that it saw many men dealing with a mental issue that did not yet have a name or processes aimed at getting it under control, through medication and therapy, like there are today. Even though there have been many suicidal attempts and deaths of ex-servicemen, it cannot be said that there is a causal relationship…