Comments on: American Sniper — PTSD, the Real Story https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Sun, 21 Jun 2015 18:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/#comment-2027 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 18:53:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3902#comment-2027 In reply to timraleigh.

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I saw the funeral procession into Austin when he was buried. It was very moving.

BRC
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]]> By: timraleigh https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/#comment-2026 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 18:17:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3902#comment-2026 In reply to JLM.

I did finally see this movie, not in a movie theater but at home.

I loved the last scenes where they used actually footage of his funeral procession. I was not sad. His life had meaning. He gave his life helping others. There is no greater calling.

“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Matthew 16:25

]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/#comment-1792 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 04:03:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3902#comment-1792 In reply to pointsnfigures.

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Combat fatigue, the WWII vernacular, has been around for a long time. In our society, for whatever reason, it is being manifested in a deadly and lethal manner.

PTS is available to everyone but not everyone endures it to the breadth, depth and the extent of a clinically significant “disorder.”

It has to be dealt with and the VA is next to MIA.

BRC
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]]> By: pointsnfigures https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/#comment-1791 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 03:23:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3902#comment-1791 PTSD is a form of depression. I talk to WW2 vets all the time that have struggled with PTSD. My friend (who has passed away) Walt Ehlers had it. He said he had nightmares for years and struggled with it. I met a man at the nationalww2museum.org who was shot down over Germany and was a POW. He had it, and now trains dogs to help vets cope. At the same time, most vets DON’T get PTSD. They are whole normal people just like anyone. Medal of Honor recipient Ty Carter has it, and talks openly about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsxjWqu–ug

]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/#comment-1789 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:19:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3902#comment-1789 In reply to PhilipSugar.

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The implications of PTSD are enormous but the one that nobody really wants to talk about is this — you may not be able to save yourself. PTSD is like a drug that nobody can defeat without help.

The rate of military suicides is statistically significant and has to be dealt with medically — mental health medicine. We are killing ourselves.

Much of this gets back to what the nation sees as its responsibilities to its soldiers. Do they own the problems after the soldier has left the military? No soldier is supposed to be discharged until they are well. This is the basic contract and has been since WWII.

The VA is an abomination both from the perspective of a failed and incompetent bureaucracy but also an ineffective disseminater of mental health services.

The ethos of the military enshrines the notion that “strong” men do not seek such help and therefore the administrative inefficiency and dishonesty of the VA is a death sentence, a murder weapon. If you cannot get an appointment for a big chunk of a year, suicide becomes an attractive option.

This is criminal.

BRC
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]]> By: PhilipSugar https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/#comment-1787 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:09:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3902#comment-1787 Well put. I lost a fraternity brother. A full bird Colonel on the board of Directors for Toys for Tots. When I got to Arlington I was greeted by a Marine who gave me a card and said if I ever needed to talk here was a number I could call day or night. I was confused and tried to hand it back saying I was not or never had been a Marine. He made me keep it, it was then I realized my fraternity brother died at his own hands, not the hands of others. He was one of the nicest men I have ever met, over 300 people attended that day.

]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/#comment-1785 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 12:41:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3902#comment-1785 In reply to timraleigh.

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You will appreciate it. Take careful note of how the audience feels when they file out.

BRC
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]]> By: timraleigh https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/#comment-1783 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 18:22:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3902#comment-1783 I am going to see this movie, and was wondering what you thought of it.
Thanks for the review and the comments.

]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/#comment-1782 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:03:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3902#comment-1782 In reply to BillMcNeely.

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The truth is a bitch. It is a Fairbairn-Sykes commando knife which strikes deep and hard and cuts and bleeds.

Thank you for your service. Good on you, soldier.

BRC
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]]> By: BillMcNeely https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/american-sniper-ptsd-the-real-story/#comment-1781 Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:57:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3902#comment-1781 “It the end, it is a thief. It steals potential. It steals relationships.” . Wow. No truer words. Spot on coming from my personal struggles.

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