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Chaplains and PTSD

Chaplains and PTSD. Strengthening the Chaplain Corps One Servant at a Time. How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Become. Pessimistic. www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com. How PTSD Can Cause a Person To become pessimistic.

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Chaplains and PTSD

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  1. Chaplains and PTSD Strengthening the Chaplain Corps One Servant at a Time How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Become Pessimistic www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  2. How PTSD Can Cause a Person To become pessimistic One such disorder at the heart of most other PTSD symptoms is a negative outlook on life, more specifically, a dark pessimistic view that places a cloud over all positive feelings www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  3. How PTSD Can Cause a Person To become pessimistic The pessimistic disorder of PTSD is highly debilitating and affects nearly all areas of psychosocial functioning. www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  4. How PTSD Can Cause a Person To become pessimistic • veterans who experience “near-death circumstances such as war,” there exist “five survival-related themes” including: • Psychic numbing • The imprint of death • Guilt as a survivor, and • A dire need for reestablishing personal meaning in the soldier’s life. This typically produces Pessimism www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  5. How PTSD Can Cause a Person To become pessimistic This threatens the veteran’s core values of continuity in life because the world becomes filtered through a screen of death as the sufferer experiences extended threats of imminent annihilation. www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  6. How PTSD Can Cause a Person To become pessimistic Combat often causes Psychic Numbing Psychic Numbing + Pessimism = The Walking Dead Man Syndrome www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  7. How PTSD Can Cause a Person To become pessimistic The use of alcohol in the suffering veteran is an attempt to cover their pessimism view and negative feelings. Some individuals will also become pessimistic about or lose interest in the future, feeling their time on earth is limited – or their control diminished – due to their near-death experience. www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

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