Comments on: A Family History Tragedy

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 22:27:43 +0000

Thank you for your additional thoughts, they are most interesting. There is as you say no shame, but people are always so hard on themselves.

When people are responsible for others lives and the results are not favourable because as you say the injuries defy repair I think that hardness on oneself would be more keenly felt.

Thank you again for inspiring me to get around to writing this post

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 22:17:33 +0000

PTSD and indeed Stress in general affects people in many different ways. It can be quite dibilitating.

By: Amfortas

Amfortas — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:51:34 +0000

I was watching a program the other week in which mention of suicide was made. Some statistics for soldiers were discussed. It seems that (in America) the largest proportion of soldier suicides are military doctors.

PTSD is not simply from tangible trauma but from (in the Drs case) the fantasy of shame. The view is that modern warfare gets injured soldiers to the medicos fast. They would have perished slowly, gruesomely on the field in previous times but now the medics are expected to save them. It is often just not possible. Even with modern surgical techniques and medicines, many die.

A soldier with honour and Integrity does not want to let his comrades down. Reputations of men and Regiments are built on ‘never leave a man behind”.

There is no shame, of course, in failing to save a man whose injuries defy repair. But shame is felt, just as guilt can be felt by an innocent man accused of something. It is deadly. In both instances. Falsely accused men are the largest proportion of civilian suicides.

By: james higham

james higham — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 02:59:31 +0000

PTSD can take many forms and people do strange things. I’ve seen it myself.

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:11:59 +0000

It is a sad story, I don’t take at face value the reason for why he took those actions.

My personal thought on the cause of his actions is that he was suffering from what we now know as ‘Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome’ (PTSD).

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:06:29 +0000

The terrifying reality of war…

By: Steve Hayes

Steve Hayes — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:40:23 +0000

A sad story. My maternal great great grandfather committed suicide, but he hanged himself, and didn’t take his wife with him. I haven’t discovered why he did it , though.

By: London Caller

London Caller — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:44:51 +0000

That’s too terrifying!