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News Hostage crisis and shooting in california by vet

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Yes, I also felt just horrible about that. The news said the killer had been in a support group led by the therapists and had been asked(told?) to leave the group. What I’ve been thinking about it is how can ptsd in me not make me want to rage and threaten and keep guns? That for the non PTSD people in the world, these extreme military related cases make us all look bad. Then I think how they get trained to be killers and that makes me sad.
 
Research on PTSD seems to be directed at Vietnam Vets. But with the Iraq/Afghani soldiers, they’ve identified Traumatic Brain Injury as a comorbid finding in this population. And in athletes that go nuts and murder their families and themselves have TBI from too many concussions. I read one article on using medical marijuana to help alleviate nightmares and improve sleep. Correct me if I’m wrong, but women don’t go on killing sprees.

I told a male friend of mine about my history of CSA and he said, let’s go dig him up so I can blow his brains out. That scared me.
 
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This thread and the terrible event itself totally solidifies why I will never tell a freaking soul ab...
I don't know much you can relate to this, but when I read the story I couldn't help but feel like the shooter could have been me. Once you're triggered, that hyperarousal and disregulation, well you never know where it could take you. That's why professional help is so important.
 
THIS event and many others just show why mental health (awareness, treatment, prevention) need to be a much bigger priority in our country. Health in general, really. Sigh...
 
It scares me because my sufferer has a huge gun collection. He's not a vet, but let me tell you he can shoot. He suffers from ptsd from childhood abuse, I imagine cptsd. I fear that he'll take his own life and now I worry about others as well.
 
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