Neighbor Tractor Accident

[Industrial Toys]

We have a pit near here. All day, semis and truck/trailer combos head to Toronto with Gravel. 100 miles there and back again. What a job!

 

[Streetcar]

The best bumper sticker I ever saw (*one exception*) said:

<--passing lane suicide lane-->

* Nuke the Whales

Local wrecker company has
<passing side. Suicide>

 

[MHarryE]

Jerry, the tractor driver at the start of this thread, was a Navy member of an Underwater Demolition Team for the Okinawa invasion near the end of WWII. He and buddies found shelter at nights in caves with burned out Japanese soldiers (flame thrower primary weapon then on caves) plus bodies of dead soldiers from both sides. Now 73 years later he has nightmares of those bodies - something our brains dig out of the crevasses in old age. So Jerry is going to weekly group head shrinks for his PTSD. Will this new crash wipe out the old memories of those dead filled caves?

 

[MossRoad]

Jerry, the tractor driver at the start of this thread, was a Navy member of an Underwater Demolition Team for the Okinawa invasion near the end of WWII. He and buddies found shelter at nights in caves with burned out Japanese soldiers (flame thrower primary weapon then on caves) plus bodies of dead soldiers from both sides. Now 73 years later he has nightmares of those bodies - something our brains dig out of the crevasses in old age. So Jerry is going to weekly group head shrinks for his PTSD. Will this new crash wipe out the old memories of those dead filled caves?

My father saw things in the south pacific in WWII that he said were still there in his 70's when he passed away. Hopefully talking about it in therapy will help him out. If not, he should talk to his DR about it.

 

[3930dave]

Jerry, the tractor driver at the start of this thread, was a Navy member of an Underwater Demolition Team for the Okinawa invasion near the end of WWII. He and buddies found shelter at nights in caves with burned out Japanese soldiers (flame thrower primary weapon then on caves) plus bodies of dead soldiers from both sides. Now 73 years later he has nightmares of those bodies - something our brains dig out of the crevasses in old age. So Jerry is going to weekly group head shrinks for his PTSD. Will this new crash wipe out the old memories of those dead filled caves?

A lot can be learned from studying history, including perspective on the "problems" we face today.

I hope the therapy helps your friend.

Rgds, D.

 

[ovrszd]

No therapy will remove memories. No therapy will make them tolerable. These solutions are inside the person. This is how we got the term PTSD. It defines those that cannot control the irreversible memories. I use the "roll top desk" method. My life is stored in a roll top desk. I can open the desk and select whichever small drawer that I want. My hard times are stored in those drawers. I can open the drawer and review the contents until it becomes disturbing, then I close the drawer, to be reviewed at a later time when I can control it. The contents of these drawers never go away. They are simply properly stored and secured. Each drawer is labeled so there's no surprise. That's a key element. No surprise. My desk has many drawers. They contribute to who I am rather than take away from that person.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I knew a WWII Vet who out of curiosity opened up a burned out Tank. He could never get himself to eat BBQ for the rest of his life.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

We normally drive about 5 miles of unstriped county roads when going to town. I taught my kids by example to dive for a wide place if they see farm equipment coming down the road in front of them. When we come up on slow moving equipment we lag back about 1/8 of a mile so the operator knows we are not pushing them to get out of the way. Meeting a school bus I try to get very slow or even stop especially where is it just a strip of pavement between two deep ditches. We had a driver a few years ago get too close to the edge in a case like this and she layed the bus on its side but no one was hurt in the low speed accident.

The kids know farm equipment works in the fields and it is our place to assist them to get to the next field ASAP.

 

[ovrszd]

I knew a WWII Vet who out of curiosity opened up a burned out Tank. He could never get himself to eat BBQ for the rest of his life.

I have some cooked off rounds I got out of an Iraqi tank during Desert Storm. Kept them to remind me of the destruction.

 

[3930dave]

No therapy will remove memories. No therapy will make them tolerable. These solutions are inside the person. This is how we got the term PTSD. It defines those that cannot control the irreversible memories. I use the "roll top desk" method. My life is stored in a roll top desk. I can open the desk and select whichever small drawer that I want. My hard times are stored in those drawers. I can open the drawer and review the contents until it becomes disturbing, then I close the drawer, to be reviewed at a later time when I can control it. The contents of these drawers never go away. They are simply properly stored and secured. Each drawer is labeled so there's no surprise. That's a key element. No surprise. My desk has many drawers. They contribute to who I am rather than take away from that person.

That's a compelling analogy. I like the visual imagery of organized drawers, but esp. the double layer of security with the roll-top. A lot of relevant thought went into that construct.

For the severity of life-events we are talking about, a reliable management technique is the best you can realistically hope for.

Rgds, D.