To say that Trump's election caused post-traumatic stress disorder is absurd and insults truly...
To say that Trump's election caused post-traumatic stress disorder is absurd and insults truly traumatized people
A study by Arizona State University published this week claimed that 25 percent of the 769 students surveyed last year had suffered high levels of stress and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when Donald Trump was elected president two years ago.
As someone who had the honor of serving our great nation in the Army for 28 years, including in combat in Afghanistan and elsewhere, with heroic soldiers who suffered physical injuries and the invisible wounds of post-traumatic stress, I find the whole premise of this study. Be absurd and insulting.
The study is an insult to all combat veterans, law enforcement officers or victims of physical or emotional violence, along with their loved ones. He openly mocks those who really face trauma and experience post-traumatic stress.
Seeing the candidate who supported losing an election, in this case Hillary Clinton in 2016, is not a traumatic event. It's called democracy. For young people accustomed to pampering and participating in trophies of participation, not getting it may seem unfair. But it really is not. That's life.
The most interesting aspect of this stupid study was that he never defined what symptoms the students experienced to arrive at the conclusion that they were suffering from post-traumatic stress (I do not like to call it a disorder because I think trauma can occur due to trauma). ).
Seeing the candidate who supported losing an election, in this case Hillary Clinton in 2016, is not a traumatic event. It's called democracy
If you want to know what real post-traumatic stress is, talk to families who lost a loved one in the terrorist attacks of September 11. Or talk to the surviving spouse of one of our fallen military service members who died in combat defending our nation. Or talk to the family members of a law enforcement officer fallen on the home front.
I have had the sad and moving experience of speaking with these people. Comparing their suffering and their trauma to that of a college student who has a tantrum over Trump's choice is like comparing a double amputee with someone with an ingrown toenail.
Let me tell you how it is to personally experience a traumatic and heartbreaking loss.
When I was deputy commander of US forces in Afghanistan, one of my company's commanders was killed by an improvised explosive device while traveling in his Humvee along the Pech River valley.
Another commander of the company was cut in half by a suicide bomber in Iraq who killed more than 20 US soldiers.
And my commander sergeant commander and his driver in the Iraqi city of Mosul were shot and dragged through the streets.
These men made the ultimate sacrifice. Patriotism was not just a word to them. It was a way of life and something for which it was worth giving up their lives.
Your teammates, family and friends who miss these brave Americans every day suffer the trauma of their absence.
I remember vividly standing on one knee, handing the flag to the closest relative of a soldier killed in combat, or kneeling before an M-4 carbine with boots on the bottom and helmet and identification plates on top. The loss is palpable today as it was many years ago.
But we grow from the trauma. We can all marvel at seeing the soldier with a lost leg that serves as inspiration, not as a fulminating whiner. Or the wife who stays strong for her family so that she can honor the sacrifice of her soldier.
The Arizona State University study openly mocks those who have survived and experienced real trauma. Each feeling of pain is not a trauma, nor does it lead to post-traumatic stress.
The dichotomy here is that most of the soldiers in the United States who have fought in wars for the past 17 years are millennial. Clearly, not all members of this generation are shrinking snowflakes that melt when they do not achieve what they want.
A part of this younger generation has served and sacrificed. They are the ones we should look for and defend in our universities and in everyday life. Many of our fighters and police personnel get ready, serve and then go to college.
A study that I would like to see? One that identifies the young men and women who took the courageous decision to serve in defense of our nation and then explains why they made that decision.
We do not need studies of some fictional snowflake "trauma".
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