Ptsd Music Playlist

[Spock]

Sade sings about the PTSD of a Vietnam Vet as he shared his story with her:

"...Heavy with the burden of the truth
And he spoke of his dreams
Broken by the burden
Broken by the burden of his youth

I couldn't look into the sun
She saw him laying at the end of my gun
Hungry for life
And thirsty for the distant river

I remember his hands
And the way the mountains looked
The light shot diamonds from his eyes
Hungry for life
And thirsty for the distant river

Like the scar of age
Written all over my face
The war is still raging inside of me
I still feel the chill
As I reveal my shame to you
I wear it like a tattoo..."

 

[Spock]

 

[Spock]

Awesome Music Video about life after combat! "Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune, something that makes us all happy..."

 

[reddevil1111]

I remember snow in the winter. Sand everywhere even in the water. I recall every truck, burned out apc and tank filled with charred corpses. Maybe the sand means more for you but to me it brings up a lot of bad shit. NBC drills. God I could keep going..........

 

[reddevil1111]

something lighter for me right now.

 

[reddevil1111]

old school good times.

 

[Spock]

From Military Minds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qYRFdk9r8hA

 

[reddevil1111]

Dude. I basically spelled it out I thought. I think most of us in here don't trip our triggers with the combat scenes your opening up bad memories. Can I be more clear? Please PLEASE stop with posting the combat shit.

 

[reddevil1111]

 

[Wagon]

Wow. That's a blast from the past. Played the shit out of that album on my first ship. Also popular on the second. Paradise City was our going home song after deployment.......I was going to hunt down Winona Rider and marry her. As an indication of my bad mating choices....she turned out to be a big freak and never knew I existed.
(Ahh those sweet deployment fantasies that keep you sane)

 

[Spock]

Dude. I basically spelled it out I thought. I think most of us in here don't trip our triggers with the combat scenes your opening up bad memories. Can I be more clear? Please PLEASE stop with posting the combat shit.

Yeah, well Red, I guess I figured you all just had that worked out over a year ago when people starting throwing up combat scenes all over this thread. But, I can understand if you were having a bad night and my selection tweaked your triggers and I'm truly sorry cause I don't wanna instigate pain or push anyone too hard especially if they're running out of coping mechanisms. I usually throw up a caution/disclaimer for certain videos (like the SGT Dunson suicide video someone else posted earlier in the thread since it lends itself to a sympathetic suicide reaction) but that wasn't done here, so I thought it wasn't an issue and people were just free slingin' tunes they felt fit the theme.

And there's the rub between you and me...it wasn't the case before. Since you brought up triggers, mine get tweaked when I feel singled out for otherwise acceptable shit, especially if it smells like someone is trying to alpha dawg me. So, to ensure we respect each other, appease everyone and keep it cordial, I suggest if you're gonna insert some rules at this point, for the playlist then put them out there so everyone is on the same page.

Otherwise, if we want flexibility and there aren't gonna be specific rules then we will just move on an enjoy the music and deal with them one at a time. However the groups wants to handle it is OK with me.

Dude

 

[JennyMac]

I agree with you Red, about the combat scene triggers, but I also agree with the fact people post some vids that have the triggers in them. I just love the music, I believe it can explain the seemingly unexplainable , but yeah some of them are trigger happy I just dont watch those and I figured there is nothing we can do to stop them