Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Ghosts (with lyrics)
Posted on Nov 03, 2008 under Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | No Comment
This video outlines some of the causes, signs and symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD, when gone untreated, can lead to such extremes as suicide.
If you, or someone you love, suffer from PTSD, or suspected PTSD, please see a counselor.
There are many on-line sites that can be researched for further information. You may also want to check at Medicine Net:
http://www.medicinenet.com/posttraumatic_stress_disorder/article.htm
WARNING: This video includes graphic images from (1) Oklahoma City Bombing; (2) World Trade Center Attacks; (3) Omaha Beach, WWII; (4) Hue City, Vietnam War; and (5) a Police Officer Funeral.
The end message is one of hope. Those suffering from PTSD come from a variety of causes, including rape, combat, disasters - both natural and man made, and more.
The music is Ghosts, by Dan Fogelberg:
Sometimes in the night I feel it
Near as my next breath
and yet, untouchable
Silently the past comes
stealing
Like the taste of some forbidden
sweet.
Along the walls; in shadowed
rafters
Moving like a thought through
haunted atmospheres
Muted cries and echoed laughter
Banished dreams that never
sank in sleep.
Lost in love and
Found in reason
Questions that the mind can find
no answers for
Ghostly eyes
Conspire treason
As they gather just outside the door….
Every ghost that calls upon us
Brings another measure
in the mystery
Death is there
To keep us honest
And constantly remind us
we are free.
Down the ancient corridors
And through the gates of time
Run the ghosts of days
That we left behind.
Down the ancient corridors
And through the gates of time
Run the ghosts of dreams
That we left behind.
Sometimes in the night I feel it
Near as my next breath
and yet, untouchable
Silently the past comes
stealing
Like the taste of some forbidden
sweet.
Every ghost that calls upon us
Brings another measure
in the mystery
Death is there
To keep us honest
And constantly remind us
we are free.
Down the ancient corridors
And through the gates of time
Run the ghosts of days
That we left behind.
Duration : 0:7:6
Reality: hundreds of soldiers are suffering PTSD when returning from their tours. many hide their horrors, but thousands suffer greatly from it. while most get help when returning from war, thousands still are not being helped with it.!!!
Larry Winters reads three of his poems at the Veterans’ Book Reading of the Post Traumatic Press 2007 Reading at the Woodstock Poetry Festival.
MOURINHO IN DENIAL!
Caution: Graphic representations of post traumatic stress.
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Emergency service personnel, such as fire fighters, police officers and paramedics often face stressful situations, and as a result of their work they are at increased risk of developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In an attempt to protect them against PTSD, many personnel are required to attend group debriefing sessions following exposure to traumatic events. However, there is evidence that these group debriefing sessions may actually increase the risk of PTSD and also permanently distort the participants memories for the events they witnessed.
How to overcome PTSD faster, safer and more predicably than any known.
Can a trauma permanently change a person’s brain? Yes and it may be that their brain was already at risk to start with. Dr. Henley talks about Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in his continuing series “It’s a Brain Thing.”
