Non Violence And Ptsd

[StarChild]

Hi SRV, I'd like to learn, what's your ambition with this thread you posted? Since this is your first post and you didn't introduce yourself and so it's not clear if you're a sufferer, a supporter of someone with PTSD, or kind of a student? (And by the way, I'm also no combat vet)

Would a PTSD Survivor (eg. combat veteran) be more inclined towards a non violent Resolution to a Problem?

Can this make certain people despise violence altogether.

It's very interesting to read your "question", since you choosed in your post two times especially the example of a combat vet. Because while reading your post, I got the impression, that you maybe could have a "special point of view" or maybe even prejudice towards combat vets?

What I'm perplexed about is the way you ask this question. Because for me reading it, implies, that a combat vet. just likes to choose or just wants a violent resolution. Or do you think one becomes a soldier because one just likes to do violent things and therefore chooses a military career? I'm asking all these question, for I don't understand why you're asking so specifically about combat vets?

 

[nomedic1]

Strongheart I would guess it would depend on what unit you served in the military I was a combat medic not from the US but from a very opressive force called the South Africsn defense force I was conscripted I was there to make sure Apartheid stayed in power, I did stuff under their command that nobody should do, that is why I will not allow anger to ever enter me again I will not bend to my training and I will save as many as I can so I might redeem myself in some small way.

 

[StrongHeart]

nomedic, yes, it definitely depended on your military experience. I talked to my dad about this last night, who served in the military but is a very gentle person. He said he was told by friends before he went into the military about the psychological programming and he kept that in mind the whole time, so he separated his behavior from his thoughts and didn't let it get into his psyche. My dad never had to do house raids or engage in a tank battle, so his level of adrenalin, though it spiked, never was required to stay elevated for a long period of time. His experience cannot be compared to my stepdad's experience in Vietnam, which was constant adrenalin from being attacked, and it took him many years and work to come down from that. I can totally see how you can intellectually say you won't allow anger to enter your mind, but as I understand, much of the ptsd response is not thought out, it's physical and automatic.