Well, I've just been doing a little reading out of curiosity on post traumatic stress disorder. It was called "soldier's heart" in combat veterans after the Civil War. Now, I'm not going to try to minimize what folks go through under such extreme events as war, rape, natural disasters, etc. that create PTSD, but let's think through the issue regarding the entire human race for a minute.According to the web site [http://www.medicinenet.com/posttraumatic_stress_disorder/article.htm], it's a "psychiatric condition that can develop following any traumatic, catastrophic life experience." That definition reminds me of something I MUST have said elsewhere in this rambling bit of publishing...We ALL got forcibly ejected from the almost perfect environment by someone who says she loves us (MOM), had our butts slapped (with some exceptions in this) by a complete stranger in order to MAKE us cry (OK, we gotta breath), and then are killing time for 70-80 years while time is killing us!! HELLO!!!...the whole human race is suffering from Initial Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome...BIRTH!!
Look at the list of things that are symptoms of PTSD:
"flashbacks" about the event
feelings of estrangement or detachment
nightmares
sleep disturbances
impaired functioning
occupational instability
memory disturbances
family discord
parenting or marital difficulties
Give yourself a quick quiz...with the exception of the "flashbacks" of your birth-day, I'll bet you qualify for most of the others somewhere in your history. Maybe, just maybe, we should call the problem Post FALL Traumatic Disorder brought about by Adam and Eve, with some heightened cases brought about by the continuing sinful behavior of the offspring of the Original Rebels while we're waiting around for the End of All Things!!
My soldier's heart that I got to replace my heart of stone (check out Ezekiel 36: 26,27) when I got converted tells me the bad news is there aint no cure outside of Jesus. The Good News is that there IS Jesus.
Got Him?
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