@clive not a gift link, fyi

@clive Recurrent concussive
blast injury? Term i just made up but would fit

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hmm. I wonder about the effect on people who shoot guns a lot. Lesser, but how much less, would be a guess and a curiosity.

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> Much of what is categorized as post-traumatic stress disorder may actually be caused by repeated exposure to blasts

The circle of history... Guess they were more right than we later thought with "shell shock" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_shock

@clive The VA has a motto: Deny until they die.

They do nothing to treat veterans in a way that lives up to their promise or modern medical standards.

@clive i am so bitter and angry. fuck these veteran patriot shit heads. We might worship at their feet today but I know they're all burning in hell when they die. The fact that this article was so well written and researched, this lady standing so dramatically on her staircase, "look, I own a 2 story house!" ... America is disgusting.

@clive Same guy?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/son-died-warning-military-brain-injuries-many-years-mass-shooting-late-rcna143146

@clive I read about this in Scientific American, a couple of years ago. Blast-induced Traumatic Brain Injury. This one, for instance: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/damage-to-pea-size-gland-may-cause-ptsd-like-symptoms/ I also seem to remember a more recent one, where they described breaching teams being especially vulnerable, because they often experience blasts in enclosed spaces.

@clive potential damage due to #Sonar exposure?

Like they do want to avoid it but that isn't something guaranteed to be and yes, that shit is loud af and even lethal at close range...

@clive I thought this was quite well known about, there was a Sean Penn movie about it a few years back, the Gunman.

@clive Thank you for this gift article.

@clive Dear god. 😮

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So in other words basically the same thing experienced by many football players, NFL and otherwise.

@clive shell shock is not simply ptsd. Having read a number of historic accounts, this is entirely unsurprising.

Edit: i was aware of this after reading about shell shock. It's in the name. Why does everything need to be portrayed as "new." There's a ton of important "old" news (LIKE SHELL SHOCK)

@clive hopefully this can lead to some relevant treatment for those already affected.

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I'm hypothesizing that this could be occurring with mortar and artillery crews. Possibly tankers and combat engineers.

@clive For anyone struggling with the link, here is a free version of the article:

https://dnyuz.com/2024/06/30/pattern-of-brain-damage-is-pervasive-in-navy-seals-who-died-by-suicide/

@clive heartbreaking. and massive implications for these generations of Ukrainians, who will need proactive, pre-emtpive care from the war they are enduring, not to mention the psychological support and rehabilitation.

all this needs to be funded internationally too. they are doing so much for us all. we must protect our allies from the enemy and the aftereffects.

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Thinking about the quarterly weapons training I attended for a few years while in the Navy

But even worse, I think about the six months I slept right under the number 2 arresting wire, where the aircraft would land (always hard) and the tail hook would slam into the steel deck

Plus, working up forward under the catapults...