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I know how you feel little one...we just got to just smile, and just laugh it off...and enjoy the moments of when life just felt so simple before life got too complicated!
Part of life is being able to navigate through challenges, and as a baby the navigation aspect of being so small in a world that seems so big to a little baby; it has to be such an amazing sight from such a little brain trying to process what life has to offer for such a little baby.
Can you imagine what happens to those who have grown up pretty much a normal life, and then joined, served, and trained while in the military, and then deployed into a combat-zone? For those while deployed in a combat-zone of those who have been exposed to an I.E.D. (Improvised Explosive Device), and while being attacked, under heavy fire, and the convoy being blown-up by I.E.D.'s, and snipers on the loose from the insurgents, and what you got going on with a Cluster-F of a situation is you're in a state of fight & flight reactionary measures going through those who have trained for this day to be combat soldier whose duty is to do whatever it takes to keep the mission going, and to fight alongside those who you trained with, who you have become fond with, and developed such a special relationship before the deployment to a combat-zone, and during, and for some after serving if you are fortunate enough to continue the strong bond of the relationship that brought circumstances of call of duty to the forefront of being part of the brotherhood & sisterhood of the Armed Forces.
As I have stated before that war is messy, it is very unforgiving, and it can change a person in an instant, and what you see, and how you process it really all depends what your mind, body, and soul was created to handle, because not everyone has the same body chemistry, because we all were created different from each, and that is what makes being a human so unique and different from other species. Some think that we may seem similar, but we can be so much different from each other, but yes very similar in some aspects, but not completely.
When a soldier goes to a combat-zone they know something might happen or not, but knowing that something can happen for many will cause a sense of defeat in ones mind to just give into the fear of dying or being gravely injured, and yes some do allow that fear to consume them and they who give into that fear become a liability to the mission or missions, and are eventually taken off the combat-zone.
No, not many are able to serve, fight, and combat the elements of war, and to just be a soldier it takes a very special spread of people to do what a soldier does in combat or not even in a combat-zone; but also Stateside. Because, to perform at a level of professionalism with such a high demand to be the best of the best, to be a Warrior that will sacrifice for a cause greater than yourself is in my book, and in the military's book a selfless service to the duty of the call to be that special breed of a soldier that will put their country first over anything else such as themselves, their family, and even God or their own gods.
So, keep this in mind that there are young men and women who are going to war, and their brains are still growing, because the medical reports of studies that have been stated that a brain doesn't fully develop until at around age 20 yrs old on average, but your frontal lobe doesn't finishing developing until a decade after in your twenties. Those who are still in their teens to early 20's to late 20's are still having their brains growing, and when you are still having a part of your body still maturing, and then you while maturing yourself in so many aspects engaged in such dangerous, and very overwhelming set of circumstances; it does put a toll on you mentally, emotionally, physically, and even spiritually.
But, research have discovered that even when you age your brain is still functioning at abilities that doesn't necessarily mean you are regressing or have brain damaged, but can improve, but if you damage your brain the difficulties of being able to function can being complicated and cause challenges, but your brain can heal, but can function based off of what has been damaged, and how it is able to go through the recovery process of healing if the damage is not permanent, but this is what I have researched, and what I have understood. Also, keep this in mind that P.T.S.D. does not mean it is just related to combat soldiers or even T.B.I., anyone can be exposed to both disorders or injuries, but is more common lately that those who have served abroad in a combat-zone seems to be the most common associations to those who suffer or have been diagnosed with PTSD/TBI.
Furthermore, war was never met to be pretty, war was never meant to be forgiving as I have stated before in one of my old blogs from my old website; and the reason for that it is that it causes such destruction on the battlefield, and in many times in the ones who are exposed to it firsthand regardless if you were in heavy combat or not, but of course for the extreme examples it is a lot more complex of dealing with the residual effects of serving in a combat-zone.
Now, imagine those who have been wounded, and going back to the scene I set up with the introduction of this blog entry; what do you think a young soldier still growing and maturing is experiencing when they are blown-up by and I.E.D. or for that matter in real-time of dealing with it while they are reacting to such an experience that we as humans really were never made to be part of such violence and destruction but to be trained to deal with it or to be supported by the leadership and comrades for some to continue with dealing with it?
Look back up at the photo above, and meditate on it, and think about this for a moment, and tell yourself, "Do you think if a baby that is still growing would be able to deal with such devastation while their brain is still growing, and when they are still not yet developed; especially their brain; like a young man or young woman or even an older person for that matter?" There are thousands upon thousands of young men and women who are coming home from experiencing such loss from what war took from them, and many are having a difficult time adjusting back to civilian life as Combat Veteran, and when they return, they return bringing war back to them, and many have P.T.S.D. (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)/T.B.I. (Traumatic Brain Injury)/ and are dealing with a lot of Emotional Stress Disorders (High Anxiety), and don't forget have many physical issues of disabilities.
Now after looking at the photo again of the little baby, what were you thinking, what popped in your mind?
Do you remember a time in your life when you were that baby that was smiling and laughing and had a no care free spirit while coming up into the world that was bigger than life in your mind, your, eyes, and thoughts? Don't be surprised if you don't remember, most people don't, because for many it was ancient ago when you were just a little baby?
Yes, we were once little babies, and when our Parents raised us they could only imagine if the times they seen you like this little baby in this photo, that you would never grow up to be not that little baby in that photo, but the reality of it, life changes a person, and now can you imagine what war can do to a person, especially those still a child in many people eyes that know that young men or young women will come out of serving with forgetting what it was once like to just laugh life off, and just embrace the new world through the eyes of a baby; but for many who have grown older, grown tired, grown weak, and have grown to be more unhappy than ever because life has seemed to be so far away of place than when once they were like, like this little baby with the smile, and laughter caused by being an innocent soul not yet seen reality of life of the concept of what the world can bring to you after you have grown out of being a little baby.
Many have come home from war act as if they have heard the big lady sing, and have just given up on life, and there are many that have at one point just thrown in the towel at the sametime of hearing the the big lady sing, but many have gotten back off the ground, and have chosen to ignore the big lady who is singing, but not all are fortunate to get back up or to ignore the big lady who is singing, many of my Brother & Sisters in Arms have just given up to the point of being part of the 22 Vets. a day who commit suicide, and there are many who are drinking and drugging themselves to death, because of many factors, but self-medicating is an easy option to numb the pain of not just the physical ailments, but also the pain and suffering that the invisible wounds that are inside of the soul that is deep in the wounds of what many can't see, but those who experience the invisible wounds know the pain and suffering too well, and that little baby still inside them are trying to wake up the older person who was once that little baby that had no care in the world.
Please, check out the videos above if you haven't already done so, and please take the time to pay attention to what it is trying to convey by showing us more about what is or may be happening while life changes us because of circumstances and the exposure of a world that can damage us but can't break us unless we choose to allow that to happen to us, and if the video's or this blog relates to you or you know someone who can benefit from the video's or this blog, and even the links I have provided for all to indulge in and get something out of it, please just pass it along.
Thanks for taking the time to read Blog Entry 13, I hope you got something out of it, and it is helping with your recovery or others who are on the path of recovery of being transformed back into or better than the person who once lived life carefree like the little baby in the photo above is doing!
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Please, become part of the group of the forum of creating a dialogue that will in essence create a conversation that will help heal the wounds of those who have become unable to move forward in life because of giving up on a time that once they thought would be possible to still have, but the reality of life has proven that bleak times are on the horizon for many who are dealing with bringing the war back home with them, and are stuck of what they were once were, and don't know how to have that life back, but don't know how to accept the life they have now, and to live beyond the world they once lived by accepting the things they can't change and just change the things they can for the goal to overcome the obstacles that are now preventing them to live and enjoy life now after what they have been through in the past.
So, if you are that person, get involved with being part of the solution not the problem of helping us to help others who are in need of support during difficult times or if you are that person still dealing with difficult times; reach out to me, lets get this figured out together or through other means that will help you through this difficult time in your life.
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Thanks for keeping it real, and know this that regardless the show must go on, and we must not stop fighting the good fight during our good and bad days!
Thanks for taking the time to checkout Warrior Blog Entry 13!
-Warrior Tim
Q & A/ Links:
Q. Is PTSD considered a traumatic brain injury?
A. These risk factors also occur with brain injury. PTSD is a mental disorder, but the associated stress can cause physical damage. TBI is a neurological disorder caused by trauma to the brain.Mar 7, 2013
https://www.brainline.org/article/tbi-and-ptsd-navigating-perfect-storm
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Q. What is Post-Traumatic Brain Injury Syndrome, also known as PTBIS?
A. Is a set of symptoms that a person may experience for weeks, months, years or life after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). ... PTBIS may occur subsequent to mild, moderate, and severe cases of traumatic brain injury.
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Q. Can you see a TBI on a MRI?
A. In fact, the CT scan is typically normal in patients with milder TBI including concussion. ... Because microscopic injury to the brain may be a cause of problems, however, even MRI may not be able to detect any abnormality in a patient with TBI.
https://www.asnr.org/patientinfo/conditions/tbi.shtml
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