Pentagon Data Shows High Suicide Rates Among Troops Exposed to Blasts
Pentagon Data Shows High Suicide Rates Among Troops Exposed to Blasts
A military report on suicide rates broken down by occupation finds the highest rates among categories of troops that often work and train around weapons blasts.
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I think it's interesting to note that in WW1 PTSD like symptoms were called shell-shock, and were believed to be a consequence of exposing the human body to artillery fire. Compare that to this quote from the article:
he was grappling with sleeplessness, depression and severe memory problems.
“A lot of us are like that,” he said. “It’s not psychological — there is something physiologically wrong. And a lot of guys struggle.”
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Paywalled, but I wonder if it has to do with tinnitus? I imagine that is just maddening. This isn't anywhere as extreme, but Leonard Nimoy got tinnitus while working on an episode of Star Trek after a squib blew up too close to him and it helped drive him to serious alcoholism which almost totally destroyed his career.
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It's a gift link, so you shouldn't hit the paywall if you've got javascript enabled and aren't running a browser extension which strips off the gift token.
TL;DR; It's due to brain damage.
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Thanks. Not only is it not tinnitus but, according to the searching I've been doing:
[The] suicide rate was lower among veterans with tinnitus than veterans without tinnitus
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6580142/
That honestly surprises me.
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Back in music school, a teacher with tinnitus made us read the suicide note from a guy with severe tinnitus. That really put us straight with regards to wearing ear protection around loud instruments.
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Brain damage turns to brain dead.
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