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It's that time of the semester in my death and dying classes I teach to nursing students at my community college. Every semester our textbook addresses PTSD and how there's an epidemic of suicides among our veterans of Afghanistan & Iraq. I had a veteran guest speaker come address my classes on behalf of "Project 22" & the motorcycle ride by veterans across America to raise awareness.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3309892/
22 veterans commit suicide per day in America. That means every year more Americans die here in the USA by their own hand due to post-war PTSD than the enemy ever killed in the war in Iraq. So now I'm showing the film The Hurt Locker in classes so students can see what the war was like, what getting PTSD is about, and do more to help when they become nurses.
I'm a civilian survivor of a car bombing overseas, so when there are scenes like that in the film I do quite a bit of white knuckling myself in class. Sitting through the film 3 times at the end of the semester triggers the heck out of me. Still, I've decided to do it again for the 24th time because I think it shows what we can't tell people about PTSD, and they need to learn. And the countdown now is to make it only through 10 more days of classes.
Your prayers and support for daily strength as I sit through this PTSD movie in classes again this week would be much appreciated.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3309892/
22 veterans commit suicide per day in America. That means every year more Americans die here in the USA by their own hand due to post-war PTSD than the enemy ever killed in the war in Iraq. So now I'm showing the film The Hurt Locker in classes so students can see what the war was like, what getting PTSD is about, and do more to help when they become nurses.
I'm a civilian survivor of a car bombing overseas, so when there are scenes like that in the film I do quite a bit of white knuckling myself in class. Sitting through the film 3 times at the end of the semester triggers the heck out of me. Still, I've decided to do it again for the 24th time because I think it shows what we can't tell people about PTSD, and they need to learn. And the countdown now is to make it only through 10 more days of classes.
Your prayers and support for daily strength as I sit through this PTSD movie in classes again this week would be much appreciated.
When you feel triggered think about all of us there with you.
I do that a lot I think about the posts and the support I have been given here on DS when I feel very alone.
Some amazing people.
I relate to very few people. But I relate to a lot of you who I really admire.
Kudos for what you are doing those will be some very well trained nurses.
My students thought I was taking notes, but I was doing my own PTSD bibliotherapy session. It worked. I ended up tired, partly from getting up at 5 am, but it worked.
It means that it works for me to spill those triggered feelings on paper in writing as I sit through the film. Pretending I'm writing you all who support me here at DS PTSD. Thank you. I thought you should know how your support really changes things for the better in the non-virtual world, too.
What a coincidence. Glad it worked out.
Its very amazing what you do and how you handle it.
Now it's DONE! I finished showing it in all classes today, and now the students go on to writing their final papers.
Thank you, everybody. It got done!