PTSD 02

PTSD is not just on or off; there are degrees and varying types. Not every trauma provokes PTSD. After talking with some folks who were diagnosed with it, the common thread seems to be a sense of betrayal.

When that betrayal comes from one or more known individuals, it’s generally easier to handle the trauma. In my case, it was from living with a badly damaged father who induced needless trauma while fighting his own demons. What really wounds most people is when the betrayal comes from false expectations rooted in society and culture; it feels like the whole world has been lying to you. That’s a shock that you may not get over.

Our American existence is loaded with deception. What makes things unbearable for some folks is that the boundaries of their reality were false from childhood. Everything they experienced right up into adulthood only seemed consistent with the lies of childhood. And then, something happens to destroy the illusion, but they were never prepared for handling the shock. The failure to teach resilience is part of the lie.

The reason parents deceive their kids that way is because they were deceived themselves. It rolls on back into previous generations of people holding onto false notions about reality. But along about the birth of my generation, it seems to have become a sacred duty of parents to build a fantasy world for their children. It’s gotten worse since then with each succeeding generation even more deceived.

The most common denominator among military veterans with PTSD is the shocking disconnect between what their own military leadership tells them and what actually happens. The US government has become totally Orwellian about such things. The betrayal is so overwhelming that PTSD statistics have soared.

Our society is coming apart, and we should be surprised at how few people exhibit symptoms of PTSD. This is not something steered by mere human spite; it is the work of enemies in the Spirit Realm.

A generic solution is not possible; no two individuals suffer the exact same trauma. It’s one thing to come up with a label based on common symptoms. It’s another thing to design treatment plans that seek to restore faith in the same system that caused the trauma. That system is steered by demons in the first place. The caregivers are not the enemy, but don’t trust them. They aren’t allowed to see the truth; the basis for their employment rests on not seeing it.

The obvious solution is forming a faith community outside the system. Give the victims a chance to see clearly the stakes: This is spiritual warfare aimed at destroying humanity. A major element is deception and destruction of faith — faith in the Creator, in particular. Rather, the Dark Kingdom has raised up any number of false gods with a mythology that sets us up to be knocked down.

Stop blaming the minions who have no idea what’s going on; they are victims, too. The first step in recovery is to ditch the false worldview that puts humans on the precipice. Create a healing community that restores trust where it belongs in our Lord. This has been the consistent mission of this blog.

These two posts serve as the Bible lesson for this week.

Addenda: The healing process should be obvious. You must first forgive yourself for believing nonsense. Next, you must forgive the people who lied to you, because they were under the same deception. That’s the reason it’s easier to forgive someone who caused you trauma, but not so easy when it’s the whole society in which you live. But it is doable; you forgive the society when you fully embrace the truth that the people who rule are not the cause, only the agents. This is why we don’t try to hold them accountable in terms of their participation in evil, as if they knew they were doing evil. They are doomed and they need redemption from the same lies that harmed us.

The only hope for their redemption is for us to claim our own and demonstrate it.