PTSD was not known for quite sometime...they just named these mentally distraught soliders as "crazy" or even "cowards" not knowing the real sevarity of their illness. There are three things that can happen all together or just one thing that PTSD are comprised of, relieveing, avoiding and, increased arousal. With relieveing that is when a person who has been through something tramatic is trying to go through the happenigs so they will have flashbacks, hallucinations, or even nightmares about the event. They could also feel stressed when something happens that reminds them of the horrific event. Next avoiding this is when a person with avoid places, activities, or even thoughts that remind them of the event. Because of this they will become detatched form the world around them. Another problem with PTSD or post tramatic stress disorder, is increased arousal meaning excessive emotions. These can be things such as difficulty falling or staying asleep, outbursts of anger, difficulty concentrating, and being easily startled. This can also cause physical problems such as high blood pressure/rate, muscle tension, and even nausea. People who have PTSD also deal with it differently aome are even able to calm themselves down. Anyone can have PTSD and it has been brought into about 5.2 million people annually, furthermore, they have estimated that around 7.8 million people will experience it in their lifetime. There are also many different ways PTSD can be treated from medication like antidepressants to psychotherapy to help the patient learn how to control themselves. However no matter what you do to treat PTSD it will be a long process that will be on going and may never fully be resolved. THe best thing to do for people who have PTSD it to take control of it before it can get worse and be more self harming. I believe that the military will say that they do because they don't want American people to think that there are unstable people fighing in our war however it is also the sokiders. Just like any team you are on, although you want to push yourself for what you believe in, sometimes you have to know when it isn't healthy and you have to stop, as much as it might hurt your pride just knowing you could still be the same to your family is a much better trade off.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Causes of WW1: Political Cartoons
Slide One
1) For Austria-Hungry the man is putting his boot in Italy's face showing that they did not want to be taken over. One more thing is Great Britain and Germany fighting over Belgum and Switzerland. Showing that they were fighting.
Slide Two
1) It is showing how inter connected the alliences were between all they countries, that they were like a bunch of sticks in a pile and the nationalist movements and the Arms race were just blowing smoke onto the fire.
2) That there were a lot of reasons why they war started and it only took two little things to just set all the alliences into fighting mode.
Slide Three
1) It is portraying nationalism.
2) That nationalism starts from one person and all should follow because they all should be the same.
3) Depending on the countries views it can mbe positve or negative. One example of negative is in fact Germany and their views and the Jewish religion and anyone who didn't fit their picture of what people should be, do, and act.
Slide Four
1) That they were all following eachother if they were in an allience.
2) The first and second I can't figure out but the thrid I think is Russia, the forth is Germany I believe and the last is Britan I think.
3) That all the countries were following eachother due to alliences.
Slide Five
1) That all the different countries were just getting more heated and that they were all close around eachother.
2) The message is that the countries were all getting mad at eachother and so heated however they couldn't get aways from the tension because they were all so close in vacinity to one another.
Slide Six
1) That all the countries were pointing fingers at one another and not taking blame.
2) That after awhile none of the countries quite knew who started it but that they were just helping their allied country.
Slide Seven
1) I believe that Germany wnats to take over Europe.
2) I think is is a German soldier.
3) Just that GErmany wanted all the power and took advatage of the fighting situation and was trying to just take over all of Europe.
1) For Austria-Hungry the man is putting his boot in Italy's face showing that they did not want to be taken over. One more thing is Great Britain and Germany fighting over Belgum and Switzerland. Showing that they were fighting.
Slide Two
1) It is showing how inter connected the alliences were between all they countries, that they were like a bunch of sticks in a pile and the nationalist movements and the Arms race were just blowing smoke onto the fire.
2) That there were a lot of reasons why they war started and it only took two little things to just set all the alliences into fighting mode.
Slide Three
1) It is portraying nationalism.
2) That nationalism starts from one person and all should follow because they all should be the same.
3) Depending on the countries views it can mbe positve or negative. One example of negative is in fact Germany and their views and the Jewish religion and anyone who didn't fit their picture of what people should be, do, and act.
Slide Four
1) That they were all following eachother if they were in an allience.
2) The first and second I can't figure out but the thrid I think is Russia, the forth is Germany I believe and the last is Britan I think.
3) That all the countries were following eachother due to alliences.
Slide Five
1) That all the different countries were just getting more heated and that they were all close around eachother.
2) The message is that the countries were all getting mad at eachother and so heated however they couldn't get aways from the tension because they were all so close in vacinity to one another.
Slide Six
1) That all the countries were pointing fingers at one another and not taking blame.
2) That after awhile none of the countries quite knew who started it but that they were just helping their allied country.
Slide Seven
1) I believe that Germany wnats to take over Europe.
2) I think is is a German soldier.
3) Just that GErmany wanted all the power and took advatage of the fighting situation and was trying to just take over all of Europe.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Nationalism
Nationalism is comprised of five major elements; language, territory, culture, economic interest, and a shared history. I believe for the most part we all share the same language. Yes when people immigrate they might not know much English but they learn it or it’s their second language. This makes our country nationalistic by having our one common language. Next is territory, this meaning we are all one nation. This is held true, our nation is comprised of the fifty states. No Alaska and Hawaii are not necessarily connected to the main area however they are still under the laws and in USA's territory. We are not all split up with different rules. Next is culture, this is where our nationalism lacks because we are a country comprised of all different cultures. America's called the "melting pot" for God's sake. On the other hand this shows that we can all live together despite different cultures and traditions. This is what makes America unique and special. The fact that we can have all different people that immigrated and brought their culture with them and how we are still influenced today. For example I'm Polish, Hungarian, German, and French. My mom's side is all Polish and at Christmas we do the Christmas wafer. It is a tradition back for the old country to signify a blessing into the New Year. No one makes fun or there is no negativity towards this tradition showing how we can all live together. Next is economic interest. An example is that we are all money motivated. Even people who are into drugs want money so they can buy it. We tend to measure success on money as well. Also because of the recession are focus has turned onto economics even harder then times before. Making sure we have our resources such as gas, and now that gas prices are going u everyone in our country is affected. One more element of nationalism is a shared history. Our countries history is pretty remarkable however everyone that lives here today's history has not all been the same. This doesn't necessarily mean we are not nationalistic though it just means that we are a country that comes from all different places. Therefore I believe that if a country can figure out how to combine all different people it’s great and nationalism has prevailed in history however if countries cannot get along then it’s not meant to be. All in all I believe history has a love hate relationship with nationalism.
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