Date: 2009-12-14 06:13 pm (UTC)
A good chunk of the population has PTSD from participating in wars, witnessing or being in bombings, being shot at by rockets, or what have you.

Not too long ago there was a demonstration of disabled IDF-Vets who demanded more recognition and assistance from the ministry of defence. Recognition of PTSD as a disorder is difficult and there is definitely an attitude of "suck it up", that is what soldiers do.

*sigh* There's a very strong undercurrent of violence in Israel. People here are aggressive (I am one of those "rude Israelis"), it's sometimes difficult to know whether people are acting out of knee jerk adrenal reaction or whether that is the cause of our problems - egg/chicken thing.

Paranoia is a symptom as well and I know I'll never get rid of it, same with hyper-awareness... it can be distracting and I think a large portion of the Israeli (Jewish, Arab, what-have-you) suffer all that along with me, thinking it is "normal".
It's very much not, imo.

Earlier this year a study was released showing that people who were raped suffered from stronger symptoms of PTSD than "shell-shocked" soldiers (such an appropriate term, I'm sad that is has been antiquated and the phenomena is completely medicalised).
Here's the article (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1119806.html).
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V and Justice

V: Ah, I was forgetting that we are not properly introduced. I do not have a name. You can call me V. Madam Justice...this is V. V... this is Madam Justice. hello, Madam Justice.

Justice: Good evening, V.

V: There. Now we know each other. Actually, I've been a fan of yours for quite some time. Oh, I know what you're thinking...

Justice: The poor boy has a crush on me...an adolescent fatuation.

V: I beg your pardon, Madam. It isn't like that at all. I've long admired you...albeit only from a distance. I used to stare at you from the streets below when I was a child. I'd say to my father, "Who is that lady?" And he'd say "That's Madam Justice." And I'd say "Isn't she pretty."

V: Please don't think it was merely physical. I know you're not that sort of girl. No, I loved you as a person. As an ideal.

Justice: What? V! For shame! You have betrayed me for some harlot, some vain and pouting hussy with painted lips and a knowing smile!

V: I, Madam? I beg to differ! It was your infidelity that drove me to her arms!

V: Ah-ha! That surprised you, didn't it? You thought I didn't know about your little fling. But I do. I know everything! Frankly, I wasn't surprised when I found out. You always did have an eye for a man in uniform.

Justice: Uniform? Why I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. It was always you, V. You were the only one...

V: Liar! Slut! Whore! Deny that you let him have his way with you, him with his armbands and jackboots!

V: Well? Cat got your tongue? I though as much.

V: Very well. So you stand revealed at last. you are no longer my justice. You are his justice now. You have bedded another.

Justice: Sob! Choke! Wh-who is she, V? What is her name?

V: Her name is Anarchy. And she has taught me more as a mistress than you ever did! She has taught me that justice is meaningless without freedom. She is honest. She makes no promises and breaks none. Unlike you, Jezebel. I used to wonder why you could never look me in the eye. Now I know. So good bye, dear lady. I would be saddened by our parting even now, save that you are no longer the woman I once loved.

*KABOOM!*

-"V for Vendetta"

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