tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post8707041109974963334..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: The News is So Depressing LatelyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-64015951835385352632012-03-15T16:12:18.317-04:002012-03-15T16:12:18.317-04:00So PTSD causes those afflicted to go on killing sp...So PTSD causes those afflicted to go on killing sprees, does it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-26403910036186647332012-03-14T07:54:14.883-04:002012-03-14T07:54:14.883-04:00I'm inclined to agree with Sideways about the ...I'm inclined to agree with Sideways about the Afghanistan shooting. BUT (as Pee Wee Herman said, "Everybody has a big 'but'") the truth is we have no idea whatsoever what happened to this man and why he did what he did. We may never know.<br /><br />As for the frequency of shootings. Dinah, bad s*** is happening every day, everywhere. This is not so much a weird temporal clumping as it is a fortuitous clumping of news reportage.rob lindemanhttp://natickpediatrics.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-79448439589904761522012-03-14T04:14:59.364-04:002012-03-14T04:14:59.364-04:00I agree that all the shootings seem overwhelming. ...I agree that all the shootings seem overwhelming. However, the soldier shooting the 3 families stands out to me as something that is possibly a result of the US Army violating it's own policies on the frequency and duration of combat deployments and the length of time between deployments to mentally recuperate from the effects of that deployment. Troops have been deployed over and over again and "stop lossed" with very little break between combat deployments. <br />It is a recipe for PTSD. With the draw down of troops, these young people are coming stateside to the VA, is woefully understaffed with treating retirees.<br />Why all those other people shot those people is just one of those weird temporal clumpings. <br />But there will be a lot more "random" shootings with undiagnosed and untreated vets returning from 10 years of war that no one in America wanted and I don't think we even have enough shrinks to treat if we were hire to try....(Sorry, Dinah, I know that is depressing, but maybe I'm wrong :) he he....Sideways Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04104276227611510870noreply@blogger.com