*Jay’s Blindness & PTSD Gone in One Session-4 year followup February 14, 2020 In 1998 I did a four year followup after we worked together 6 months after an vehicle accident that left Jay blind … Are we going to hold broken or ill designed systems accountable for what they are incorrectly doing to veterans and their families? Methods: In a randomized trial in which both participants and assessors were blind, participants with PTSD received either an SGB or a sham procedure. MK sustained back and shoulders injuries at the time. London: Walton and Moberley 1866. In our country we now have powerful leaders who actually suggest disproportionate untrustworthiness and potential for invasion, criminality and violence in all persons of certain nationalities. you sat on a fence waiting He had tried to commit suicide five times, after struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of 12 years in the Marines and the Army, including service in Iraq. Although less compelling than double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, small open-label studies and some case reports indicate a potential role for topiramate in PTSD for specific populations. For how is military training just if we permanently brainwash all human vulnerability out of the man, and destroy his capacity for love, trust, human empathy and bonding? Two years ago, he was a passenger in his father’s car, which was involved in a road traffic accident. Those research priorities reflect DoD and VA efforts to understand, prevent, and treat for PTSD in service members and veterans who are exposed to traumatic events. Auditory flashbacks, disturbed attention and sleep disturbance are prominent symptoms in blind patients who suffer from PTSD. to save their own sons, from great heights, you sat on a fence Only humans can do this because only humans have hearts and souls. There’s Herodotus’ description of an Athenian soldier who became blind after witnessing the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., and a Shakespearean monologue in Henry IV, Part 1 in which Lady Percy describes her husband’s sleeplessness and inability to enjoy life after fighting a battle. His past medical and psychiatric history is unremarkable. During such flashbacks, he re-experiences himself sitting in the car, as on the day of the accident, describing the car he is in and the road with cars going in both directions. PTSD, Blind, Chronic, Sleep Disturbance, Auditory. Americans are pressured by veteran “activists” to stop setting off celebratory fireworks on the fourth of July, and are wrongly taught to walk on eggshells around anyone traumatized from active duty. Seems incorrectly treated or untreated PTSD in combat vets is contagious, and secondary victims now have their own war stories to tell. Quite honestly, they are usually blaming themselves for something they need to correctly blame on someone or something else. A recent study demonstrated that deficits in attention in sighted patients could persist for up to 2 to 3 years and resulted in diminished performance in simple tests [4] .Auditory attention is particularly important in blind patients and its disruption is likely to account for his difficulty concentrating in lectures and poor recent academic performance. He was actually cheered on, even though the war mentality, believing that only winning matters, is the hallmark sign of sociopathy. He also has mild symptoms of depression. Healing, for the returning combat vet  (like all civilians who have gone through a living hell) depends upon a willingness to detach from all abusive authority figures and relations, jobs and systems, and a willingness to let a healthy love, not a war mentality, save them. One shows how cannabis can reduce activity in the amygdala - a part of the … Many of our young people join the military in fact, to find order and meaning in life, after suffering emotionally void or abusive childhoods. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop after a very stressful, frightening or distressing event, or after a prolonged traumatic experience. Neither is it written to condemn our military leaders personally. These nightmares have the same content as the flashbacks he has been experiencing. The victim knows deep down inside what they’ve subconsciously learned is not true, and this makes them feel out of control. doi: 10.4088/PCC.17m02138. Having to watch one’s friends being sent directly into harm’s way without being allowed to do anything to help save them just reinforces this. ... As early as 490 BC the Greek philosopher Herodotus described how an Athenian warrior went permanently blind after witnessing the killing of a soldier standing next to him. Trigger normalization in particular, not avoidance of benign triggers, and detachment from all abusive authority figures, whether it be from disordered parents (preventing infantile regression) or from those very broken systems (military or governmental) who by nature continue to place in harm’s way but won’t set free, is necessary for a vet, like all trauma survivors, to adjust to normal life. People don’t get trauma disorders simply because they have been exposed to trauma. Wouldn’t that mean then, that terrorism has won? This occurs because there is limited input of light to the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the central hypothalamic circadian clock via the optic nerves and retinohypothalamic tracts. This is an unusual case of post-traumatic stress disorder in a blind patient. Stress disorders are worse and going viral among the military population because this country keeps its soldiers ready for deployment by medical suppression of symptoms and emotions, utilizing anti-depressants, anti-anxieties and stigma propaganda. Melissa Flemings, who has worked with refugees, claims in a TED Radio Hour segment that the victims of war can hold the key to lasting peace. American Psychiatric Association; 4th edition (May 1, 1994). Psychiatrists are now discovering that the failure of military systems to provide effective deprogramming to help veterans resolve war trauma is resulting in widespread PTSD in their “dependents” as well, as if wives, husbands, children, and even romantic partners are also traumatized war survivors. During the early 1990s, the psychologist Judith Herman, in her seminal … Read the rest watching your options fall, Someone with PTSD may have some of these symptoms, or they may have all of them. As well, one traumatized must relearn the trauma to which one has been exposed and how the conscious and unconscious mind relates to it. Systems are not designed to save you from them. and lie about love, men think it is their job not dead bodies and debris [2] Blake DD, Weathers F, Nagy LM, Kaloupek DG et al (1997) Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-IV. One of the authors of the study, Edward Vessel, said , “We suspect that the reason for the strong influence of sensory imagery is its ability to convey meaning. Our patient had a great difficulty reconstructing or describing visual images and perceptions of sounds predominated his flashbacks. And whether you like his politics or not, whether you liked his opponent or not, most mental health practitioners do not think it benign that the president of this country is a man who actually degraded a women publicly just for menstruating and got away with it. It can make those on the receiving end feel confused, disrespected, angry, unimportant, and betrayed. People with PTSD will continue to do this until they realize separation, ideally a “no contact” policy (not loyalty to by-nature abusive entities) and rethinking personal trauma is what really sets people free and allows one to bond with other free innocents, which is necessary for life. so they say semper fi Keywords pii: 17m02138. Two recent studies point to the way that cannabinoids may help treat PTSD. But no matter how long the V.A. At the time of interview his sleep was disturbed by these nightmares at least twice a week. Medical student There has been some controversy regarding the difference between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex posttraumatic stress disorder (complex PTSD) amongst researchers and members of the medical profession. Women tend to act instantaneously and with passion, but this doesn’t mean women don’t think and consider facts first, like those written on the backs of medicine bottles, noting side effects of which their husbands preferred to remain ignorant. And while flashbacks and panic attacks are a normal response to unresolved trauma, normalizing refusal to resolve trauma, and normalizing refusal to separate from by-nature abusive authority figures that cause PTSD in the first place, while wrongly blaming other innocents for what vets are going through, is not. And what disturbs me the most is that military authorities and strategists are aware of this. The symptoms of PTSD are just the body’s way of letting the conscious state know there is something that must be revisited and relearned correctly, so that they can heal and enjoy life again. and master, you honor the old woman instead One must unlearn what one has learned wrongly. In 2011, VA had 130 active studies on PTSD for a total investment of $155.4 million (Defense Health Program and VA, 2011). Conclusions. because you mistook yourself Are we not all human beings with the same basic, human  needs? Mr MK is a 24 year-old student, who has been blind since birth. In addition he experiences physical symptoms of anxiety during these attacks including tachypnoea, tachycardia and excessive sweating. Yet military authorities will never teach vets it’s time to drop their guard against innocent victims so that the soldier can get on with love and life. But no one human disproportionately one gender, should be taught it is his or her job and responsibility to “save” all other human beings, as if man is God. will he hear Sarah’s screams, This may be a beautiful, even admirable and touching token of gratitude towards the deceased soldier and their grieving family, but it wrongly implies that loyalty to a by-nature abusive system (even after death) is the law of love. in self-bottled silence I think it’s a big mistake to assume that this is ocurring because combat-related PTSD (what used to be called battle fatigue) is somehow by nature far worse than any other form of PTSD. who make themselves small Why would psychology be anything different for a soldier? Increased arousal, symptom duration of over a month and disturbance of social and occupational functioning constitute the other necessary criteria that must be fulfilled to make the diagnosis. Study Design. That Blind Tech Show returns with just Brian and Jeff at the helm. Or you may constantly feel on edge, emotionally numb and disconnected, or close to panicking or exploding. while you served as for only those Blindness is naturally one of the most feared disabilities. University of Leicester Most significant in my opinion, is that Donald Trump’s election lent a dangerous social acceptance and perceived credibility to having an emotionally void, might makes right, bullying mentality. [1] Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Serina will be back on the next episode as she understandably has taken some time off for … National Centre for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. and to men who don’t love them, women think it is their job We must take accountability for our actions – yes – but also our inaction, refusal to communicate with one another, inertia, emotional and voice suppression, the freeze response in PTSD, and self-imposed blindness that is putting a lid on an already boiling pot, causing us to dissociate, become less human, and making us part of the monster. it’s his own plane on fire All pages copyright ©Priory She believes for this to happen the stories of survivors must be heard. and calling Sarah jealous, like a spell caster in basements of funeral homes, clatter, clatter against a fence post Wilson Firth  BSc(Hons), MBChB, MRCP, MRCPsych According to the National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, the rate of veteran suicides was one-and-a-half times greater than the suicide rate of non-veterans in 2019.The reason for this sad statistic is largely attributed to symptoms of PTSD. To live life healthily one must be willing to love and be loved. PTSD is also typically accompanied by feelings of blame or guilt, and individuals who have experienced trauma are at a higher risk of suicide.. [6] Tabandeh H, Lockley SW et al, Disturbance of Sleep in Blindness. This is because they themselves are commonly the very victims abandoned by men’s ineffective strategizies. As Yoda said, you must unlearn what you have learned. It follows we must use proportionate force to help one another, by providing truth, physical defense when able, and caring for and being present for all human beings, when the other, be they a man or a woman,  is suffering or has had an injustice imposed upon them. An emotionally suppressed Cluster A single mother teaches that manipulation and emotional absence is maternal or feminine love, and that it is her son’s job, even when grown,  to protect or save such a mother from exposure. Lodge Education Ltd 1994-2006. The disturbance of daily routine by PTSD symptoms no doubt contributes to the patient’s sleep disturbance. 2017 Aug 24;19(4). with the body of a crustacean, only when the just man leaps Yet I have seen American civilians who have survived horrific traumas of their own, such as domestic violence and rape, or who suffered severe child abuse at the hands of their own parents  or a clergy member (also abandoned or retraumatized by our own systems) get ridiculed and demoralized by combat vets for correctly comparing their resultant stress disorders, when they tried to reach out and share with these vets the information they need to recover, as I am attempting to do today. We are rescued by those whom we have rescued. But what that is that must be relearned correctly is usually the last thing that will occur to a victim of PTSD, especially if he or she tries to dissociate, meditate, medicate or suppress symptoms away. Flashbacks. It will continue to appear this way to self aware individuals until military authorities provide a surviving soldier and their families the correct cognitive therapy and effective deprogramming tools necessary to have a normal life, which would involve learning how to drop one’s guard, and perhaps leaving the war lifestyle behind them entirely. And considering the suicide rates of soldiers with PTSD and the increasing rates of suicide among military family members including children, it smacks of way too little too late. Over the two year time period, he has experienced flashbacks on a daily basis, sometimes a few times each day, and this has persisted up to the time of interview with little improvement in the intervening period. For the indoctrinated soldier, his or her recovery often depends upon accepting effective treatment through the love, insistence and zero tolerance policies of  loved ones, for this sort of thing is not going to come from Veterans Affairs. so they bury them alive First, the disturbed concentration and hyperalertness in PTSD makes blind people hypersensitive to auditory stimulation, leaving them very susceptible to overarousal because of their need to constantly scan … They get PTSD because they have been lied to, indoctrinated or brainwashed in some manner by an authority figure about trauma. And this is why the just woman, the good mother, will immediately, intuitively and automatically give of her own life force (not a man’s oxygen mask) breathing directly into the mouth of a dying child. Couching the argument in terms of dollars spent on ill-designed military or veteran medical programs urgently in need of reform, not more dollars, is a glaringly obvious, intentional diversion to anyone familiar with the means to overcome PTSD, who will notice effective therapies and instruction noteably lacking, and in reality, not even being promoted within the veteran medical community. Amy Au-Yong * BSc (Hons) Post-traumatic disorder was first described in the late 19th century [4]. Blind people rely on heightened auditory alertness to compensate for the lack of visual cues. love float, Our leader and current military commander-in-chief is a man who Harvard psychiatrists even publicly warned as narcissistic and potentially sociopathic,  precisely because he has demonstrable contempt for the vulnerable and those who suffer, as if to feel and express human empathy or endure pain makes you weak, or someone who thinks with your emotions and not your head. Ramaswamy S, Driscoll D, Reist C, Smith LM, Albers LJ, Rose J, Nguyen L, Monga V, Doria R, Hollifield M. A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial of Vilazodone in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Comorbid Depression. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. Now we have volatile, reactionary, war-like polarization sweeping the nation. The greatest funding went to treatment (42.3%), epidemiology (25.1%), and basic science (17.1%). to their own image This fear is justified in veterans suffering from visual impairment caused by incidents during combat or in-service accidents. COMMITTEES SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCH ON PTSD al., 20… Auditory flashbacks, disturbed attention and sleep disturbance are prominent symptoms in blind patients who suffer from PTSD. Living with PTSD is a constant reminder of the traumatic events they have experienced. Systems exist so that systems work (read: stay in existence) not so that you and I stay in existence. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in blind patients is a rare clinical entity. "Waiting in line feels like hours," said Roxanne Fouché, an … a slave to the man, frozen in February, Then he swallows his pain and the lies that are slowly eroding his stomach, like magical bullets that will somehow suppress the truth from popping back up, or from being visibly written across his forehead. And though human empathy and gender equality may be a liability on the battlefield,  it is necessary for love and life. A trial with paroxetine investigated long-term treatment in patients with PTSD. But before you lash out at someone who has broken a social contract (again) by mismanaging their time, remember: it’s not about you. This timeless lesson is taught by biology, but it has also been emphasized in the language and reflections of various religions throughout the centuries. Symptoms of PTSD. Examples of healable PTSD and the authority figures that unjustly impose it include the following: A father beats or molests his son, teaching the innocent child he deserves and needs to dispense physical abuse to become a man, and if the child objects or tells on the father, the father will beat the boy’s mother and siblings as well, placing the child in a double bind. The suprachiasmatic nucleus in turn controls the pineal gland’s melatonin rhythm, which mediates the circadian sleep cycle. Now it’s those who live life who are untrustworthy, and the pathology that must not be denied accomodation. Or are we going to punish people who have often survived equally traumatic, private wars of their own? These politicians promote enmity towards those that speak out and warn against the dangers of their own fear mongering and racism. The study by BUSM and the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System reveals the klotho gene is a key to longevity in humans. He has less interest in his course and is finding it difficult to concentrate during lectures because of poor attention caused by intrusive flashbacks. What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? War is complex, but life is simple. The new report finds a variant of this gene interacts with post-traumatic stress disorder. Systems see you as the expendable and they do not exist to serve the laws of love. The patient was fully competent at the time of interview and has given his full consent to publication of this case report. Stress disorders are worse and going viral among the military population because military entities largely do not make use of cognitive therapies known world-wide to help heal PTSD. The difference, however, is that shell shock was specific to the experiences of combat whereas the concept of PTSD has developed to be more wide-ranging. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can happen for a variety of reasons, none of them pleasant. like a chandelier come crashing down You may be having a hard time readjusting to life out of the military. As a result of this his results have suffered. He remembers his father pulling out at a junction, the collision with another car, and the images of his father and front of the car destroyed. Internationally leading cognitive therapists and neuro-linguistic programming experts believe the most severe cases of combat-related PTSD are really CPTSD, with war being the secondary trauma to childhood neglect. who shot you in the head And these same military “authorities”, that with “good” intentions inevitably “lie” on the battle field about the expendibility of innocent human life, will send vets to continue to stand guard at the funeral of a soldier who has died in the line of duty. you sold Sarah to the naysayers, For people struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, making it through the day can be a burden. These men seem to think women, who by nature are life bearers and in that sense paradoxically both stronger, wiser and more vulnerable than men all at the same time, haven’t been noticing the destructive nature of men’s physically domineering (but ironically more impotent) strength all along. 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