Effects on LE after school shootings understudied

[M-Quigley]

https://www.whio.com/news/national/scho ... HkQO1WI5L/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

An article talking about PTSD after witnessing a school shooting with massive numbers of casualties.

[deanimator]

I'm sure that Scott Peterson, formerly of the Broward County Sheriff's Department is treating HIS "PTSD" with beer from the comfort of his bass boat. All at taxpayer expense of course.

[Javelin Man]

They're not concerned about us teachers following school shootings, are they?

"The more severe the violence, the more innocent the victim and the more the officers feel that they were helpless to respond

What do you think we would feel like? I'm to protect my students, your children, and I'm given a bucket with a hammer and golf balls.

[Aesinsp]

They're not concerned about us teachers following school shootings, are they?

"The more severe the violence, the more innocent the victim and the more the officers feel that they were helpless to respond

What do you think we would feel like? I'm to protect my students, your children, and I'm given a bucket with a hammer and golf balls.

Hmm.. a bucket of hammers and I'd still feel inadequate.

[catfish86]

PTSD is a very real thing. It entails actual physical damage to the brain that can be identified on PET scans. Researchers have even reached the point that they can to a certain extent determine timing (ie how old the person was when the event occurred) and what type of event (violence, injury/accident, sexual, etc.) It is also well established that in severe cases it can literally cause your body to tear itself apart in a variety of ways. Think of it like a power surge's effects on a computer, blowing or burning out certain circuits. You computer may lose its sound card or certain graphics. The USB port may no longer work.

It is also something that they have a lot of knowledge in how to treat although it can be as much art as science.

You can make fun of this but it is no fun to go through. Flashbacks can be horrifying. You may feel the pain, smell smells, hear sounds, taste, feel see things as if it is happening in real time. Learning to shut down flashbacks and reenter reality is a long and difficult process. The melt downs of these guys careers is typical and not a sign of weakness. A doctor once explained it to me this way, "It is a physical injury as real as a broken bone. If you broke your leg would you go home and set it yourself?"

[Brian D.]

Of course PTSD is a real thing. Sadly though, there are people who lie about having it, and work themselves a tax free 100% disability pension after convincing a small group of doctors to sign off on the diagnosis.

I know this happens, and at some point after the checks start coming, nobody follows up.

[deanimator]

Of course PTSD is a real thing. Sadly though, there are people who lie about having it

<cough> Daniel Harless <cough>

[bignflnut]

Land of the Free
and the
Home of the Brave**

**unless they've been traumatized, then that can be their "identity" ( get a dog or a turkey, and be exempt from life)