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Swede

(33,244 posts) Sat Mar 17, 2012, 12:10 PM Mar 2012

George Carlin - PTSD Euphemisms

Mr. Carlin,who should have lived to be 200,is as timely as ever.

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George Carlin - PTSD Euphemisms (Original Post) Swede Mar 2012 OP

So true. So true. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #1

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #2

During and after the American Civil War thucythucy Mar 2012 #3

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

1. So true. So true.

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Sat Mar 17, 2012, 01:41 PM

Mar 2012

Uncle Joe

(58,362 posts)

2. Kicked and recommended.

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Sat Mar 17, 2012, 02:11 PM

Mar 2012

Thanks for the thread, Swede.

thucythucy

(8,052 posts)

3. During and after the American Civil War

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Sat Mar 17, 2012, 10:01 PM

Mar 2012

it was called "soldier's heart."

I don't know how that fits into Carlin's framing of the issue, but to me "soldier's heart" always sounded so infinitely sad. As if, not only is your nervous system shattered, but your heart has been broken as well.

This was before "shell shock" or whatever you want to call it was even recognized as a medical condition. It's the term that the families of veterans, and the veterans themselves, came up with, before the doctors were even involved.

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