Chaplains and PTSD

Chaplains and PTSD Strengthening the Chaplain Corps One Servant at a Time

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How PTSDCan Cause a Person to

BecomePessimistic


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



The pessimistic disorder of PTSD is highly debilitating and affects nearly all areas of psychosocial functioning.



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



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.



Combat often causes Psychic NumbingPsychic Numbing + Pessimism = The Walking Dead Man Syndrome



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.

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