tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post8902459648803837845..comments2023-08-10T18:06:06.024+10:00Comments on Philippines Phil: Literally Worried to Death by the VAPhilippinesPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-3353849576267092842007-07-05T16:31:00.000+10:002007-07-05T16:31:00.000+10:00Different war same 'ol VA. ...and the beat goes on...Different war same 'ol VA. ...and the beat goes on!PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-81622001326478336062007-07-05T14:10:00.000+10:002007-07-05T14:10:00.000+10:00katana says:"it doesnt help that the VA has lost m...katana says:<BR/>"it doesnt help that the VA has lost money and funding over the years."<BR/><BR/>i say:<BR/>not only "lost" but also misappropriated. did you read about that scandal a couple months ago where the VA administrators voted themselves big bonuses? they are shameless!<BR/><BR/>katana says:<BR/>"ensure that soldiers coming home are treated IMMEDIATELY so that we can nip the problem in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-71493863119456174282007-07-05T12:14:00.000+10:002007-07-05T12:14:00.000+10:00It isn't just the army Katana. All the services ma...It isn't just the army Katana. All the services make it almost impossible for anyone wanting to continue serving to go for mental health counseling. Believe me, no matter what you or anyone else says in the mental health sections at the clinics, once a person goes in for help and IF that person is identified as having some kind of condition, at that point, their career is effectively OVER! This PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-62719108595685984362007-07-05T09:58:00.000+10:002007-07-05T09:58:00.000+10:00Yeh, the army just don't take mental illness serio...Yeh, the army just don't take mental illness seriously. Which drives me up the wall. I think that mental health is a lot more important than people give it credit for - people just cast it off as a fault of someone who's emotionally brittle... PTSD concerns me, especially since (unlike a bad back or a bum knee) it will affect every facet of their life, their world, their existence. I think the KAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090582170365523716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-59321932158209879992007-07-05T01:23:00.000+10:002007-07-05T01:23:00.000+10:00You're right, its about funding. The VA sees itsel...You're right, its about funding. The VA sees itself as having to keep spending under control and they do so at the expense of these veterans.<BR/><BR/>But! Its one thing to stall and hem and haw over a bad back or a bum knee; its quite another to mess with them over PTSD. These guys mentally implode and emotionally explode when they do. And you know what? Nicholson and his evildoers could not PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-33559399089882557632007-07-05T01:08:00.000+10:002007-07-05T01:08:00.000+10:00it doesnt help that the VA has lost money and fund...it doesnt help that the VA has lost money and funding over the years. It also doesnt help that we're not taking more preventative measures to ensure that soldiers coming home are treated IMMEDIATELY so that we can nip the problem in the bud, give them (and their families) better ways to deal with it, as opposed to letting them silently suffer and fester for years before it truly becomes a living KAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090582170365523716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-40583495017866311932007-07-04T20:40:00.000+10:002007-07-04T20:40:00.000+10:00The American doctor must be new within the last co...The American doctor must be new within the last couple months because I've never met her. Be advised however, the doctors don't rate, they only assess and provide opinion and the opinions are almost always spun against the vets. You still feeling me?<BR/><BR/>Good hearing from you again James. Sure, I could do with a sticker! How's school my friend?PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-28378354064333402382007-07-04T20:14:00.000+10:002007-07-04T20:14:00.000+10:00I feel ya and I would never trivialize them. C&P M...I feel ya and I would never trivialize them. C&P Manila told me that there were four Doctors on the board. Three are Filipino's and one is an American. My claim is in their hands as I write. I pray for good results...but I expect to be highly disappointed and ultimately fighting a very long battle. It should not be that way.<BR/>Do you still need a Sta Maria II sticker for school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-79617761948294839202007-07-04T18:00:00.000+10:002007-07-04T18:00:00.000+10:00Worry may very well be a bad habit for many of us,...Worry may very well be a bad habit for many of us, but the folks I"m talking about here are severely sick with depression and anxiety. It's something they cannot simply philosophize away. I've seen men's hearts stop beating from it. Please don't trivialize what these fellows are going through. Believe me, the VA loves to do that already. <BR/><BR/>What outrages me is that not one of those raters PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-26884314457977053562007-07-04T16:21:00.000+10:002007-07-04T16:21:00.000+10:00Phil,Something I learned a long time ago. Worry is...Phil,<BR/>Something I learned a long time ago. Worry is a habit. As children we do not worry because we have not learned the habit. But as we grow older we observe and then take on this terrible habit. The worse thing is what it can do to us physically. The good thing is that once we realize that it is a habit and we are all capable of changing our habits then we are on our way to getting over Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com