Thread: Tetris - PTSD
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Old Jan 19, 2009, 11:15 AM
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It would be a valuable help to have it in place during a post-combat experience...
It's different now, of course, but there is no way that would have worked in my circumstances. Much of what we went through has already been shared here; much more has not.

The current war has many soldiers coming home with PTSD.
If there were to be access to this game, it would be in the rear compounds....
Troops on patrol are lucky to have enough water and food let alone this...some might play a hand held version, I believe more would want to sleep.

Non-combat PTSD may have better results.
To be honest, when I was raped when stateside, the last thing I would have wanted to do was to play a game. Somehow it would have felt my trauma was being trivialized...

I sincerely hope that all these experiments will lead to prevention and/or a solid treatment for PTSD.

Obviously all this is just my opinion. I'm responding on a personal level about what works for me and my buddies.
Long and bumpy road to learning it, too!
All of us are somewhat open to suggestions but a bit wary of them. We've been told so very many things, some worked while others made things worse. Crap shoot...
I do like to think that we've made contributions in our own way.

Thought provoking for me, and I'm going to talk with my buddies and get their input.
Buddies=Brothers/Sisters who served in the Nam war.

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