PTSD and Memorial Day
Memorial Day. A day where as a veteran I typically experience three types of responses.
The first falls into the standard “Drive-By Caring” that these days is inflicted upon us routinely. This is where someone notices you are a veteran and/or disabled and sick and they tell you how much they care and that you should [...]
Off Topic: Liberty University Bans Political Discussion
The fear of rational political discourse is something our country can ill afford. Indeed, the War on Terror is marketed as a War to Protect Our Freedoms.
Liberty University, a private school founded by Jerry Falwell, has banned the Democratic Club, a student organization from its campus. The group was formed last Fall. The College Republicans [...]
PTSD, Suicide, and Isolation
PTSD and Suicide often go together. Isolation enhances PTSD and damages the soul. By now, this should be no news flash.
The article link provided below speaks to an increasing US Army awareness of the suicide illness in its ranks. While the Army remains two-minded on PTSD (sometimes it seeks to promote PTSD awareness and healing and [...]
PTSD and Indifference
PTSD awareness and interests seems hinged upon two ends of the teeter totter. Profound concern or profound indifference.
I happen to be in the profound concern camp. Yet, those who are indifferent often write off trauma based soul wounds, PTSD, as somehow deserved and even self-inflicted. To that end, see Bob Herbert’s “War’s Psychic Toll” at [...]
PTSD Spirituality Remains Important
PTSD Spirituality remains important. And, I am not dead. Just overwhelmed with giving and grading final exams, calculating grades, evaluating term papers that were started two days before they were due, and the like. Unfortuantely, it all uses up my hands and I remain obligated to my students – so I am remiss in a [...]
