The trauma of war and our collective responsibility · Public Domain Photos: U.S. military sources...
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The trauma of war and our collective responsibility
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War trauma happens to soldiers and civilians alike
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War-induced trauma may persist in survivors for many years if it is not transformed or healed
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Veterans of war are particularly vulnerable
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Veterans may experience flashbacks, nightmares, numbing and hyper-sensitivity to certain sights and sounds that place them back in the traumatic event
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They may struggle to understand who they have become and whether their pain has meaning
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Some veterans experience moral injury when they realize they have participated in actions that violate
their own moral principles
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One U.S. veteran commits suicide every 65 minutes
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…22 U.S. veteran suicides a day
Photo Credit: Eastern Mennonite University
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When veterans cannot escape the torment of war within, it is not because they are weak men and
women
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Rather, wounded veterans are like canaries in our social/cultural mine
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Their trauma is a reflection of our collective violence and woundedness: a warning that the
toxins of war are harmful to all of us
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…a painful reminder that we have failed to learn the ways of peace.
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Even as we bear collective responsibility for war’s pain
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…so we bear responsibility to help all, including veterans, find a return to wholeness.
Oil lamp made from cluster bomb, Laos
Photo Credit: Mennonite Central Committee U.S.
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What connections do you have to the trauma and sorrow of war?
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What have you observed about the impact of war’s trauma on the lives of veterans, military contractors,
and their families?
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Public Domain Photos: U.S. military sources
Wikimedia Commons.org
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