I (the wizard of Obvious) have a theory...


As for he mental health issues in the military, it is the same for us all.

It is a matter of diet. Not physical food but a food for thought and emotions.

The food for destructive thought is as sequential as denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptence when dealing with death.
My theory is S+F2xH=GS   Suspicion plus repeated fear times hate equals great suffering

All people are curious. The dark side of curiosity is suspicion.
When suspicion is fed enough lies, slandor and negative speculation it ferments into FEAR. Fear can be encouraged to grow with constant repetition until it bears a fruit called HATE. Eat enough hate and you have the recipe for great suffering.

Virtually anyone can fall down the slippery slpe of the dark side of fear. When this ultimately ends with running amok and becomeing the latest gunman to go beserk and indiscriminatly murdering people, we all to often lay the blame on a drug induced state, mental illness or a violent religious fervor.

S+FxH=GS   Suspicion plus fear times hate equals great suffering

It is true for everyone you know. It matters not if the person is a psychiatrist or a religious figure or a law enforcement officer or even a young innocent child.

By the time a person has reached the fear stage the mental health of the person is already in jeopardy. When it reaches the hate stage the prognosis is poor.

The best time to defuse this cycle of mental destruction is between suspicion and fear.

Sadly people of dubious power reinforce suspicion and fear for their own benefit because it has always proven to be an effective way to modify a person's behavior.







On another note...Why We Fight is a documentary about the ceaseless wars that the US has been fighting since WWII either by proxy or by direct deployment of troops. On the positve side lots of money is made by war profiteers and weapon companies. On the dark side it divides and destroys the psyche of the nation as well as the individual.

Fighting other people's civil wars or defending our interest in oil or other commodities is the worst reason for war ever devised in our national policy making institutions. Thank the Rand Corporation and the rest of the Military Industrial Congressional Complex.