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adjustment disorder, army, asymmetrical warfare, combat, define, dissociative dissorder, iraq war, kinetic, kristan blanchard, post traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, sons of anarchy, trenton phoenix, USMC, VFW, war, warfighter
Length: 24 min 05 sec
This is my voice recording attempting to define what combat is – the sustained exposure to the real or perceived threat of kinetic or psychological danger.
I further propose ideas about who is most likely to experience combat, what types, and why – in addition to the possibilities that some type of combat may be more acceptable and therefor less damaging than other types to a given type of person experiencing it.
Debunking the idea that PTSD can only occur when someone experiences sustained and excessively intense kinetic violence (the idea that only “Rambo” can have PTSD). The reality being that even combatants, or even more likely, Warfighters that operate at such a high opperation tempo, always on alert, always suspecting, and therefor always under the real or perceived threat of intense bodily harm or death, but never actually engaged in a “fire fight” may also develop [re]adjustment disorder, dissociative disorder, or PTSD.
"Warfighter" - A U.S. Marine Combat Vet Speaks Up 