Comments on: Our Army is Broken http://goofyblog.net/our-army-is-broken/ Your Daily Commentary on the Weird, Wacky, Strange and Odd News from Around the Globe! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:44:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: GOOFYBLOG » Blog Archive » 4 Fantastic Films - II http://goofyblog.net/our-army-is-broken/#comment-165814 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:20:14 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/our-army-is-broken/#comment-165814 [...] After America’s entry into WWII in 1942, the military became alarmed at the large number of soldiers suffering what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder – see my article of February 13th – a Freudian psychoanalyst, Karl Menninger was given authority to do a massive study on American soldiers and civilians. [...] […] After America’s entry into WWII in 1942, the military became alarmed at the large number of soldiers suffering what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder – see my article of February 13th – a Freudian psychoanalyst, Karl Menninger was given authority to do a massive study on American soldiers and civilians. […]

]]> by: stan68ar http://goofyblog.net/our-army-is-broken/#comment-47490 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:02:44 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/our-army-is-broken/#comment-47490 PTSD is real.... treatment is really tough to get as a Reserve soldier - have to go back to work... ever try to get time off to go hours away to a VA (if you can get an appointment) - tough challenge for today's soldiers.... PTSD is real…. treatment is really tough to get as a Reserve soldier - have to go back to work… ever try to get time off to go hours away to a VA (if you can get an appointment) - tough challenge for today’s soldiers….

]]> by: Leonard http://goofyblog.net/our-army-is-broken/#comment-44945 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:07:22 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/our-army-is-broken/#comment-44945 Wow....that was sad. Ecstasy or mdma to combat PTSD? Sure. Put them through war and then get them high on a drug that affects them negatively. From http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/Drug_Guide/Ecstasy: Users report that Ecstasy produces intensely pleasurable effects – including an enhanced sense of self-confidence and energy. Effects include feelings of peacefulness, acceptance and empathy. Users say they experience feelings of closeness with others and a desire to touch others. Other effects can include involuntary teeth clenching, a loss of inhibitions, transfixion on sights and sounds, nausea, blurred vision, chills and/or sweating. Increases in heart rate and blood pressure, as well as seizures, are also possible. The stimulant effects of the drug enable users to dance for extended periods, which when combined with the hot crowded conditions usually found at raves, can lead to severe dehydration and hyperthermia or dramatic increases in body temperature. This can lead to muscle breakdown and kidney, liver and cardiovascular failure. Cardiovascular failure has been reported in some of the Ecstasy-related fatalities. Idiot. Wow….that was sad. Ecstasy or mdma to combat PTSD? Sure. Put them through war and then get them high on a drug that affects them negatively. From http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/Drug_Guide/Ecstasy:
Users report that Ecstasy produces intensely pleasurable effects – including an enhanced sense of self-confidence and energy. Effects include feelings of peacefulness, acceptance and empathy. Users say they experience feelings of closeness with others and a desire to touch others. Other effects can include involuntary teeth clenching, a loss of inhibitions, transfixion on sights and sounds, nausea, blurred vision, chills and/or sweating. Increases in heart rate and blood pressure, as well as seizures, are also possible. The stimulant effects of the drug enable users to dance for extended periods, which when combined with the hot crowded conditions usually found at raves, can lead to severe dehydration and hyperthermia or dramatic increases in body temperature. This can lead to muscle breakdown and kidney, liver and cardiovascular failure. Cardiovascular failure has been reported in some of the Ecstasy-related fatalities.

Idiot.

]]> by: katiiis http://goofyblog.net/our-army-is-broken/#comment-44699 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:36:53 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/our-army-is-broken/#comment-44699 There have been some recent studies that show that ecstasy, or mdma, is helpful combatting PTSD but I doubt our military will get on board with that. There have been some recent studies that show that ecstasy, or mdma, is helpful combatting PTSD but I doubt our military will get on board with that.

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