If your symptoms of PTSD are so severe that you are unable to work, the SSA will consider you disabled and you will be able to get disability with PTSD. For your PTSD to be considered a disability by the SSA, the first thing that you need to do is to meet the medical requirements o...
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Defending a nation isn’t easy on the body or the mind. After coming home from battle, many of our soldiers must fight another war for their health whether they remain in service or not.
Trauma –Getting “triggered” is a term that traces back to the experiences of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often experienced by soldiers coming back from the war. When we are triggered due to past traumatic experiences, our reaction is often extreme fear and panic (or in some cases...
To exclude the atrocities committed by soldiers, some politicians and historians limit the definition of terrorism to the actions of groups that aren't officially affiliated with a state. Under this definition, civilian organizations are capable of terrorism, while a police force isn't -- even if...
For Winograd, ketamine treatment felt like floating in a color. “It was the first time I understood the expression ‘happy place.’ It was this space where everything that had to do with my real life disappeared, and I didn't have any of that weight that I carry with me everywhere I...
“If you ask soldiers if they’re suicidal they’ll say no, they don’t want to be labeled as ill or whatever. But this game actually reveals who is at risk. I don’t diagnose but I would refer to the person who is working with them, and I have 100 per cent accuracy in guessing...
So in other words, even more important for trauma that how much solver you faced with how you relate to yourself in the aftermath of that trauma. And so soldiers who are self-compassionate, they're less likely to develop PTSD. They're less likely to have suicidal ...
is not doing a good job in addressing the requirements of the current generation of vets. And according to one recentstudy, many combat soldiers with PTSD are now experiencing a unique form of loneliness — labeledexperiential loneliness — stemming from the isolation they feel upon returning home...
Now is the time to stop making excuses about physical fitness. We had our chance to get fit during the pandemic, but now there's World War 3 to deal with. If you're overweight, it's time to get back into tip top shape. It's important to be as lean as possible when you're chas...