Posted by Dr. Bob on December 8, 2013, at 2:41:53
In reply to Re: why one should have to learn this, posted by larryhoover on December 6, 2013, at 22:14:55
> I'd like to point out too that learning to tolerate having sh*t slung at you is not necessarily therapeutically indicated for those of us struggling with PTSD. Exposure therapy, in fact, can be fatal in some cases. I refer to the "gun-ho" do it yourself military trauma therapist who brought a returned soldier with PTSD to a gun range. Where he shot himself.
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> PCThanks, that's a good point.
Dinah, do you have PTSD?
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> It's not that I can't defend myself. I simply don't want to have to pack a six shooter.
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> DinahA six-shooter isn't defense. A shield is defense.
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> All that is necessary for evil to prevail, is for good men to do nothing to prevent it.
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> The existence of sh*t ... is not the problem. The problem is that you have the tools to prevent it, and you do nothing.
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> Shall we call you Chamberlain?
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> LarI'm not blocking Lou, but I'm not doing nothing, either.
Sh*t isn't prevented = it happens.
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