PTSD... drop the 'D' ... it is real...
A teen age boy breaks out in a cold sweat as the test booklets are handed out, feels a wave of nausea... another student feels panic each time he is called upon to read out loud, another student refuses to ever try out for a sports team.... a veteran dreads the feeling he has when the fireworks of July 4th go off... what is the common thread that weaves such responses... YES, Post Traumatic Stress... not a 'Disorder' but a compensatory mechanism that must be understood, supported and transformed. This the APOGEE Paradigm™ ... a systems approach that brings awareness, resolve and empowerment...all inquiries welcomed... all questions answered...
PTSD is real. Treatment has to be lovingly humanistic and holistic. Veterans deserve more than drugs to ease their pain and gain needed relief from their endured stressors. Since 911, I have devoted my focus to the underpinnings of PTSD, research, experimentation, testing and documentation, have come forth. A new offering prevails. Rose Marie Raccioppi
INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS
Jerry Donnellan
No one ever returns from war. We are all casualties, as are the victims of terrorism.
Not just those who are killed or maimed, but those who are there. They saw war in a very small place. Some say that with time they will get over it.
Not true. It fades. Goes out of focus. Takes up less space in your consciousness, but spiritually you have been captured.
Your soul remains a prisoner.
Then days, years, even decades later, one of your senses will be a trigger. A smell, a sound – and instantly you’ll be back there in full color. But only you can see it and, as quickly as it came, it’s gone.
As fast as gunfire – and nothing’s faster than gunfire. It’s past you before you hear it. They’re not flashbacks. It’s not some Rambo-rampage. It’s more subtle, more fleeting. Often triggered by something mundane – harmless and innocent.
They’re just sights, sounds, and smells, that happen to be around you when your world went crazy. They’re like daydreams. The professionals call them “intrusive thoughts.”
I’m not a psychiatrist or a doctor. Hell, I’m not even a good patient. But I’ve been around this block a couple of times. We all have had these experiences.
For the normal people, whoever they are, usually intrusive thoughts are things that come back from childhood.
When you were a kid you had more time to dwell on things. Also, you had less on your mind so things made more of an impression. Colors were brighter. Smells were more pungent. Sounds were sharper. Tastes were stronger. So today you may smell a turkey cooking and for a brief moment it will take you back to your grandmother’s house during the holidays. The sound of wind chimes might bring you back to your uncle’s back porch. Get the picture? We all have had them.
However, for the combat veteran they’re far less pleasant and in a funny way, far more nuanced. For me there were no more beautiful sunsets after Vietnam. It took me years to figure this one out.
I could be sitting completely comfortable on a pleasant deck after a day’s work with a beer watching the sun go down. Tranquil, right? I would become uneasy, uncomfortable, hyper-alert, hyper-vigilant, and there was nothing that I understood that should have caused that. There were no bad thoughts and I wasn’t concerned about anything in particular. I thought I must have been going crazy. But I wasn’t. However, there are those that would argue that point.
I was having a perfectly normal reaction to an abnormal set of circumstances. In Vietnam, the setting sun was a warning of night. Night belonged to Charlie and my platoon would soon be moving into an ambush position. That smoky, hazy, jungle twilight was soon followed by the inky Asian night, and you would lie silent praying for morning or a quick death. It’d been decades since the dust-off helicopter lifted me out of my war.
I thought at least for me the war was over. It was over for me like it was over for others. For anyone who’s been to war, it was over and over and over. Even today, if I hear the sound of a Huey helicopter, I have to stop and look up. The difference is, at least today I know why I’m doing it. Trauma is trauma – whether in Boston or Baghdad, and if you were there your mind becomes a dry sponge, which is thrown into a raging river of sound and fury absorbing all of it – even the seemingly peaceful things.
And they will come back and remind you when you least expect it.
Submitted by:
Jerry Donnellan, Director of Veterans Services, Rockland County, New York
As posted: Letter to the Editor: A Veteran's Intrusive Thoughts - Government - Nyack-Piermont, NY Patch
As posted: Letter to the Editor: A Veteran's Intrusive Thoughts - Government - Nyack-Piermont, NY Patch
Jerry Donnellan, Rockland's decades-long veterans advocate, dies at 71
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I have posted several references to PTSD. As I hear many more of the stories told by our veterans, and meet face to face with those who have lived the ravages of the battle fields, I have come closer and closer to understanding the depths of consciousness that define the human condition. PTSD need not be a life sentence of confined horror housed within the hearts and minds of our veterans. I have suggested that the 'D' in PTSD be dropped. Post Traumatic Stress is not a 'Disorder' but a compensatory mechanism that must be understood, supported and transformed. Since 9/11, I have devoted my focus to the underpinnings of PTS. Research, experimentation, testing and documentation, have come forth with a new offering based upon ancient tenets of Egyptian and Chinese healing modalities: APOGEE Acu-Tone™ ~ Vibrational Sound Therapy... YES, Your interest, support and understanding are ever received with loving gratitude... All inquires most welcomed.
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For Additional Information on PTSD:Newsletters - Rockland County Veterans Service Agency
http://www.rockvets.com/Newsletters
PTSD and the Family - NATIONAL CENTER for PTSD
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/pages/ptsd-and-the-family.asp
The story of one who has lived the ravages of war and the horrors of PTSD, he is indeed a hero among us ... Blue Suburban Skies: Combat: life and death in Vietnam~ http://bluesuburbanskies-liverpool.blogspot.com/2013/02/combat-life-and-death-in-vietnam.html?spref=fb
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PTSD ~ A spectrum of pain... A Responsive Paradigm
What is not in this moment, seen or heard, can yet be known and deeply felt. What is felt is the aftermath of an impression, a reference point, a memory. And so as we encounter each moment, we come to live the ongoing effect of our experiences, be they of joy or pain. We live within a spectrum of PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Deep within the consciousness lies the sounding call, the vibration that draws to itself the original experience. This vibratory connection within the memory of each cell must be fully understood. This is the paradigm of APOGEE Acu-Tone™ fully applied. To restructure the associated consciousness, to reeducate/rehabilitate the cell signaling, to bring forward a commanding awareness, to reduce the associated stress, to align energies for responsive well-being, this the intent and documented benefits of the vibrational/sound therapy program, APOGEE Acu-Tone™. Your inquiries are welcomed. Your questions will be answered. A free initial consultation is offered. E-mail: rmr@apogeelearning.com or Visit: http://www.apogeeacutone.blogspot.com.
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