Military veterans with PTSD turn to yoga and meditation
Sure, anecdotes are great, and that article has several. But does it really work?
Turns out, it might. There is a limited amount of evidence that yoga and meditation are marginally effective in assisting to manage the symptoms of PTSD...
I have a friendship with a Vietnam vet. He was a chauffer for some American Officers during the Vietnam conflict. He was a heavy drinker and he still is to this day. He was attacked outside of a bar by a much smaller Vietnamese man who stabbed him three times in his chest. He was able to...
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Source: http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=10824
Well, that is absolutely frightening.
Don't these soldiers get any kind of ethics training before they're deployed? I blame their commanders and the military, before I blame the individual soldiers, mind you.
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