By Dr. Z on February 23rd, 2010
Why desire to go back to war? Why volunteer for another tour? Why avoid your family?
The PTSD-Identity often turns the concept of normal upside down. People who avoided alcohol start drinking heavily. People who avoided porn and were faithful to their spouses become porn addicted and step outside of their marriage for sex and affirmation. [...]
Posted in PTSD Identity, PTSD Porn | Tagged Afghanistan, Aimee Sherrod, alive, anger, blog, Catholic, Christian, compassion, healing, hope, identity, Iraq, isolation, martin, military, politico, PTSD, rape, relationship, Semper Pax, sex, Soul, Spiritual, spirituality, suicide, trauma, trust, VA, Veteran, Vietnam, Wound, Zemler | With 2 responses
By Dr. Z on February 20th, 2010
Hello, Just a brief note I have written and posted an essay on PTSD and Hypervigilance and Hyper Alertness on the Hubpages website.
Semper Pax, Dr. Z
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By Dr. Z on February 17th, 2010
Today, Ash Wednesday, we begin to experience another wonderful period of renewal in the liturgical life of the Church. The Church worships and experiences God in a liturgical calendar that is based on the life of the historical Jesus in the Bible. The cousin of Jesus, John the Baptist, the last of the prophets, the [...]
Posted in Coping with PTSD, Uncategorized, prayer | Tagged Afghanistan, alive, anger, Ash Wednesday, Bible, blog, Catholic, Christian, compassion, Despair, forgiveness, healing, Iraq, isolation, Jesus, John the Baoptist, Lent, Lenten, military, offer, offering, Peace, pornography, prayer, priest, PTSD, rape, relationship, Semper Pax, Soul, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality, suicide, Temptation, trauma, trust, Veteran, Vietnam, wilderness, Wound, writing, Zemler | With 3 responses
By Dr. Z on February 16th, 2010
Why do so many folks with PTSD get a porn addiction? PTSD sufferers, especially military-induced PTSD, are vulnerable to porn addiction. PTSD damages our soul and our sense of self. It damages our relationships, especially with our loved ones. PTSD creates a PTSD-Identity that tears us apart.
One of the features of addiction is that you [...]
Posted in PTSD Identity, PTSD Porn, Uncategorized | Tagged addict, addiction, adultery, Afghanistan, alive, anger, Bible, blog, Catholic, Christian, compassion, Despair, exploit, fidelity, healing, hope, identity, infidelity, Iraq, isolation, Jesus, military, Peace, porn, pornography, prayer, priest, PTSD, rape, relationship, Semper Pax, sex, sex worker, snuff, Soul, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality, suicide, trauma, trust, Veteran, Vietnam, violence, Zemler | With 2 responses
By Dr. Z on February 16th, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI listened to 24 Irish bishops on the subject of pedophilia practiced by Irish Catholic clergy over the last several decades. Since the horrible facts have come to light at least four bishops have offered resignations, with one being accepted. Some of the Irish bishops appear to be in denial that
Posted in Clergy Abuse, Uncategorized | Tagged abuse, alive, anger, Benedict, Bible, bishop. Pope, blog, Catholic, Christian, clergy, compassion, Despair, forgiveness, healing, hope, identity, infidelity, Ireland, Irish, Jesus, molest, pastoral, Peace, pedophile, pedophilia, prayer, priest, PTSD, rape, relationship, repentance, scandal, Semper Pax, sex, Soul, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality, trauma, trust, Wound, Zemler | With no responses
By Dr. Z on February 9th, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI condemned child abusing priests yesterday. He made his statement yesterday in Vatican City.
Child abuse and molestation is a major source of PTSD. It is a horrendous crime against the body, mind, and soul of a human being. The depth of the soul damage is made even worse because of the special privileges [...]
Posted in Clergy Abuse, Education | Tagged abuse, adultery, anger, Benedict, Bible, bishop, blog, Catholic, Christian, clergy, compassion, Despair, Dorris, fidelity, forgiveness, healing, hope, identity, infidelity, isolation, Jesus, life, molest, molestation, Peace, pedophile, pedophilia, pimp, Pope, prayer, priest, pro-life, PTSD, rape, relationship, religion, Semper Pax, sex, snap, Soul, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality, suicide, trauma, trust, Wound, writing, Zemler | With 3 responses
By Dr. Z on February 6th, 2010
Modern culture often calculates our identity based on our job, how much we earn, and in some cases, our religious affiliation or family size. Our worth is often determined based on our physical abilities.
We are at PTSD risk when any of these elements become dominant indicators of our self-worth. We are at a greater risk [...]
Posted in Education, PTSD Identity, Uncategorized | Tagged adultery, Afghanistan, alive, anger, athlete, Bible, blog, Catholic, Christian, compassion, Despair, disability, disabled, employment, fidelity, forgiveness, healing, hope, identity, infidelity, Iraq, isolation, Jesus, job, military, Peace, porn, pornography, prayer, PTSD, rape, recession, relationship, Semper Pax, sex, Soul, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality, suicide, trauma, Veteran, Vietnam, worth, Wound, writing, Zemler | With no responses
