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Originally Posted by Troy
The remark from Open Eyes about our ptsd responses having been born in events that just kept on coming is something new for me, but when i hear it, I slap myself on the forehead and say, of course.
The physical combat wound heal, but the mental/emotional/psychological/brain wounds have no way of correcting themselves.
When my system is shattered by a sudden loud noise now, I am pretty much out of control insofar as a subsequent loud noise. My anger is at the top, no matter how much i hide it from others. My rage is just under the skin.
We can't put a splint or a cast on the brain and allow the wound to heal. And re-exposing the brain to the trauma doesn't seem like an intelligent approach. Would it make sense to keep whacking a broken leg to get it to heal? Of course, the professionals have studied all of this and who am I to say it doesn't work. But i can tell what it does seem like to me in my state of ignorance.
And the wounds that bring about the ptsd ... they are caused by dangers that just kept on coming. The explosions that wouldn't stop. The bullets that just kept buzzing past my ears. The wounding and killing of my soldiers. The smell of blood mingled with the mustiness of the jungle and the stinging aroma of gun smoke. A steady diet of terror well controlled now decides that it's time to surface.
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Good Troy,
It is up to you, I agree, you are just letting yourself listen to that inner voice. Thats ok, that is a beginning, yes, that is there and yes, it's ok to see it, you came up with that on your own. Ok, that was good, you let that out.
BUT just remember, yes it did keep coming, that is part of what that inner voice is saying. ( But it isn't coming now) (That IS the splint), that is also what the BRAIN INJURY needs to know. Do you see?
Remember the whole point is to not only to see the broken leg, but that it has to heal. Just like your body did. No, your body is not the same, but it did heal Troy. The same for the BRAIN INJURY. Go easy, just like your body had to, remember, your body had to take time, do you remember how your body needed time? You had to be EASY with it, remember?
Same thing with the BRAIN INJURY, (EASY). The splint, the cast, what it needs is to know, IT IS NOT HAPPENING NOW. It is going to take time Troy, one day at a time, sometimes, one moment at a time. That is what will SLOWLY (HEAL) THE BRAIN INJURY.
Good Troy
Open Eyes