Sir Patrick Stewart's BBC Lifeline Appeal for Combat Stress - BBC One
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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer... Programme website: www.bbc.co.uk/p... Actor Sir Patrick Stewart presents an appeal on behalf of Combat Stress, the leading charity for military veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other psychological conditions. Patrick's father suffered from PTSD -- then known as shell shock - after serving in the Second World War, and he and his family had to live with its devastating consequences.
The film also features first-hand testimony from James, who suffered severe PTSD once he returned from the first Gulf War. At the height of his illness he lost his job, family and home, and developed major problems with drug and alcohol abuse. He describes how Combat Stress helped him piece his life back together.
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I love how Sir Patrick Stewart isn't condemning or making excuses for his father. There is no excuse for abuse. BUT You help stop the cycle of violence if you figure out the cause of it. So bless this man. and these men who fought for their country and fight with themselves.
Exactly! It's a reason, not an excuse, and it's wonderful that he is speaking out on help for victims AND abusers.
My uncle has ptsd to the point he feels he cant be around his family its a horible thing because me and my brother and other cousins miss him we understand that he is ...i hate to call it sick but thats what it is. I just want my uncle back. Sir Patrick Stewart thanks for this. Some one of your status should be helpful getting this into the light.
When I saw Mr Stewart's WDYTYA, it gave me a perspective to help my dad understand why he had two very angry violent grandfathers. They too were decorated veterans. Today we would be alert to sign of PTSD, but in the 1930's, WWI vets didn't have a prayer. I'm so thankful for this insight.
i have been going to combat stress for over 12 years and the place is a life line to vetrans like myself thankyou sir patrick for your time and understanding
My heart goes out to anyone who has suffered anything that causes PTSD. I've never seem combat. My battlefield was sexual abuse by a family member starting at 5 yrs old. Thank you Sir Patrick for bringing this problem to the forefront. Therapy is the answer, regardless the cause of your problem.
Jessica Germain Hello fellow survivor. You are so right! Nine years of very intense therapy and one of the scariest drugs ever, Seroquel. I am so glad it is all over now. I can actually talk about it without being thrown back into that time and that age. I wonder how many soldiers had PTSD before they went into military service. It is usually family and friends of the family that do the most damage to us before the rest of the world gets to it.
I take Seroquel for my bipolar mania, and do very well with it, but I can't imagine why they would use it for a PTSD case. I'm sorry you had to deal with that, but very proud of you for going through treatment nonetheless.
Ive had PTSD for 7 years after going to Iraq and Afghanistan. I was a Medic, the Army did not help me they dusk kicked me out like old rubbish. Combat stress have helped me post service.
It's similar in the US - once you're done serving, good luck getting the help you need. My university has an office for student veterans to fill in the gaps service-wise, and now they're considered one of the top schools for veterans in the US.
thank you for your support patrick. that means alot to people who have served, cant imagine what they feel and seen
I don't know if there is group for Aussie Diggers; but my respect goes out to Sir Patrick Stewart.
Thank you BBC One and Sir Patrick Stewart for this program.
My grandfather, Jack, suffered from what they called “Shell Shock,” but now call PTSD. He wasn’t violent in his civilian life, but he spiraled so deeply into alcoholism that he ended up homeless, living for his next, ever cheaper drink. People thought he was weak, just a “drunken bum.” My Gran pulled him up, gave him a room, and gave him a job. And he accepted her help and helped her in return. He was her second husband -- I attending their small wedding when I was five years old -- and he could not have been a wiser, more loving grandfather.
She too suffered PTSD from domestic abuse and a nightmarish divorce. Of course, no one ever called it that. But, maybe she recognized the pain my grandfather was living. He provided the closure to her divorce that her first husband had refused to accept, stalking her and pulling her into dangerous, even life-threatening, situations. I believe Gran and Jack helped each other to heal, proving the strength and miraculous benefits of support and love in over coming PTSD.
There are numerous, horrific cases in both their families where such support and success did not happen. Such biographies abound in our world. I sincerely hope our understanding and empathetic intervention will finally change public response to all people suffering from PTSD. It’s such an important issue, especially with our soldiers today and with the 24/7 media blitz of all things horrible inuring society to the constant state of war around the world.
I wrote two sets of lyrics addressing this issue, myself:
“A Soldier’s Hell” momzillanc.blogspot.com/2015/01/lyrics-soldiers-hell.html
“Look Away, Look Away” momzillanc.blogspot.com/2015/02/poem-look-away-look-away.html
I also wrote a poem in memoriam to my grandparents and to the love they shared:
“Move On, Move On” momzillanc.blogspot.com/2015/02/poem-move-on-move-on.html
Denise Dianaty Why do you Yanks send your kids to war??? You fought the Korean war, Vietnam, and Gulf War plus WW2. Today the terrorist (happily that can go on for decades for gun manufacturers), only to create more PTSD men and women... okay we just under fund hospital care for them and say WAR $$ before social spending. You vote for these idiots, then fly the flag like is is GOD. You get what you call FREEDOM or the USA model of government. Puppets mastered by their sponsors and blackmailing friends. Welcome to reality.
I don’t know why anyone sends their kids to war. It’s not just Americans. Yes, America fought in all those wars. But, so did the UK, France, Greece, Turkey, and more. And wars have been rampant as long as mankind has been territorial, creating imaginary lines of ownership -- since long before there was a USA, UK, France, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Russia, or whatever. There have always been people who grind up everyone who cannot afford to oppose them. It has always come down to the acquisition of possession -- it’s been poisoning societies since time immemorial. BTW, the video to which my comments are attached is of a British citizen’s experience -- not an American’s. This isn’t an AMERICAN problem. It’s a world-wide HUMAN problem.
Frankly, it’s naive to say one country/culture is more war like than any other. The fact is, if America does not intervene, they’re vilified for letting tragedy and horror go unchecked, called callous and/or cowardly. If America does intervene, they’re vilified for imperialism or bullying, called warmongers. The same is true of the UK’s actions or any other country’s. “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”
The issue seems to be to endemic of the human condition. As long as we allow the glorification of war and violence to continue, we will continue to see the indoctrination of our children to conflict. As long as we accept “an eye for an eye,” nothing will ever change. I don’t know the solution. They kill one of ours. We kill one of their in response. They kill hundreds of ours. We kill thousands of theirs. They kill thousands of ours and anyone who claims friendship with us. And on it goes, ad nauseam.
I don’t know the solution. I don’t think anyone on earth knows the solution. I think it at least begins with getting past the blame game and coming together to increase peace efforts and to work for greater social justice everywhere. I also think it’s time to set aside pointless vitriol that only impedes reasoned discourse.
Denise Dianaty Thank you for sharing your personal thoughts and feelings. God bless you.
Thank you. GBY & Embrace the Joy!
+Denise Dianaty Wow, what an amazing story. Thanks so much for sharing. Special relationship ... your Gran & Jack xxxxxx
Sadly, you don't need to go to war to get PTSD. You can get it at home as a child in an abusive family situation. It's WAY more prevalent than anyone knows.
Combat is statistically the second or third cause of PTSD, after rape and sexual assault/abuse. But each cause has its own unique issues to work through.
So true i grew up with a Vietnam veteran father and take anxiety meds know
@@matzpimp Have you read any about the Johns Hopkins studies that are addressing PTSD with the use of Psilocybin? The material I've read is very impressive.
An amazing, outstanding charity. The work they do can help change lives. Wonderful, professional and dedicated staff at Hollybush House in Ayr.
Sir Patrick, thank you.
50% of abused children end up with PTSD as well. This is why it's crucial our veterans receive full support.
Thank you.
I fully support combat stress god bless all x 😎☘
Thanks Pat, for doing your part to help. PTSD is far more prevalent than most people imagine, and you can get it from combat, sexual assault, childhood trauma, etc... So be kind, you never know what the other poor sod is going through.
This is a moving documentary, I do feel its not restricted to just the battlefield however. PTSD can affect people in different situations other then military service. It can happen in normal life too.
My grandfather was part of D-Day on the beaches of Normandy, driving tanks up the beach. I never had the pleasure of knowing him, he died before I was born. He never disclosed any details for us to look him up or find out information for ourselves. Not even his regiment. He only told his wife and children one story about his time in the war; he was driving up the beach with his friend driving another tank up the same beach when his friend was hit by a shell and what my grandfather described as “blew him into pieces”. That was all he ever said about the war. After his time in the war, he was a changed man, understandably so. Mum says you daren’t cross him because he wouldn’t stand for it. I had always wondered about the kind of father and husband he was and the impact the war had on these men (and families back home, of course.)
I’m sorry Patrick never had the chance to discuss his findings with his father. It must hold great significance to him and his brother. But what a wonderful thing to do, despite his father being an abusive husband, to honour his memory now he has found out the truth behind his father’s behaviour. And in doing so, helping so many others with PTSD and their families.
Good on yer Paddy.
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Human Dignity :)
When will he age? I must say, look at Sir Patrick Stewart. It's like he hasn't age since Star Trek.
To be back on topic: I just wonder, if we have such a program here in Germany.
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Soldiers of today lack mental preparation.
Nothing prepares you for the sight of your squadmate's guts strewn across the ground. Or the dead body laying 2 feet from you, her eyes still shiny with moisture. Get off it son, you've not seen anything remotely jarring.
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