PTSD, no need to witter on. Now comes the time to compile.

I have no need to witter on this subject

I can compile my notes and tally.

NAMI quotes a ratio of 1:4 for experiencing a mental illness diagnosis in their adulthood. Using the sum of the above the ratio for having a serious mental illness is 1:17. Of such, 67% do not seek treatment.

There have been many military studies in general, a focused occupation and gender.

Using swag[1], which I have used successfully, my results are as followed for a window of time being a century.

1 out of every 3 in the Military can have PTSD during and after battle.

Calculate 30%[2] of the total of people participating in a war-time setting and multiply by 6%. This is the amount of people that will file a PTSD claim that have a valid adjudicated claim.

The problem is two-thirds of the 30%[2] of the total do not seek professional treatment. Seventy Percent who have PTSD are not seeking treatment.

Percentages are one thing, represented in lives has a much larger impact. It doesn't matter what year you take a snapshot of the numbers. The numbers in swag[1] will remain constant. A whole person, comprised of mind, body and spirit, remains the same regardless of year.

Number of people in the war............ 500,000

Those who will have a mental illness... 150,000

Those with a severe mental illness who are in treatment.. 9,000

Those who are not in treatment......... 141,000

Those who commit suicide............... 8,460

What happens to the untreated?
self-medicating on street drugs and alcohol
become angry and abuse

Where are the untreated located?
Jails and Prisons
Poverty and Homeless
Behind closed doors

Why does it seem like the problem is growing out of control?
Public Awareness (The method of denial has been implemented at times)
Decrease in Stigma (More people are coming forward)
Lack of Caregivers (Realistic numbers of patients were not exposed)

What is the fix to the problem?
Recovery is Possible.

There always has been and always will be mental illness during battle, even when you are not on the front line. It is to be expected. It should be considered as such.

Amen. (the end)





[1] Swag, the acronym for what is perceived as a stupid wild ass guess, as these numbers can be calculated in under 60 minutes. The outcome of such is more accurate than numbers published of great study.

[2] Use 25% when calculating the general public, which includes veterans, in increments of 100,000 or higher.

Korean War, The forgotten British War

The Korean War was deemed by the British as the forgotten war.

My Conyers father, Harold H. Conyers, a farm boy from Marion County Kansas, told me his story of the Korean War. After boot camp, he was given the rank of sergeant and sent to the front lines in Korea. He told me stories of towns that were completely bomb, with the exception of a church. While all other building were destroyed, a church stood steadfast. He reported the glass windows did not even have one crack. There were battles where he felt it would be impossible to survive. Yet, he made a covenant with God that if his life was spared, he would attend church every week, which he did.

On the long ship ride home, he was instructed to forget what happened, what he did and what he saw. He was told to return to Kansas and live his life, just like before. The Korean war had nothing to do with the rest of his life. There was plenty of time to accept what was instructed. He and his buddies planned fishing trips and visits to their homes and to meet their families. There was an expectation of great times to come. They looked forward to going home, leaving behind the thoughts of Korea. He had taken pictures of places where he enjoyed the beauty and differences in cultures on the way home. I can't count the number of times we watched the slides of the good times, including those fishing trips planned on the ship ride home. There were medals that came home as well. They were kept in a wooden box that was never opened. The only talk of battle was his amazement of churches that remained standing, without any damage. There was nothing to recall about killings and deaths. Absolutely nothing was said about negatives. The only thing he didn't understand was why people could not take one hour out of the year to attend a memorial service.

Others were not so fortunate. There minds remained being in Korea. They were not able to return home. You may have a person living in your neighborhood but their minds did not come home on that ship ride back to the states.

Same is true for the wars and conflicts that came after Korea. Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, war against terror in Afghanistan and in the world, the continued wars in Africa and in other places I am not aware of.

Thank you Father Conyers. May you rest in peace. May your hope to see and be with your Conyers brothers that you have missed for so long be made so. Thank you for being a Warrior.

Favorite picture of Harold H. Conyers from the wedding pictures of Anoria Conyers Carlson of McPherson, KS showing her Grandfather Conyers holding his cupcake that was part of the "floral" arrangement at each table at her reception dinner. Grandpa Conyers was not going to eat his cupcake until he returned home in Marion, KS. He protected it like a prized possession. Included in the picture is Anoria's Grandmother, Vivian Conyers.

During Harold's final hospitalization for pancreatic cancer, he told his grandsons, my sons, the final story of his life. He was a gardener. "I have corn, tomatoes and cancer. I would have had beets too, except for those darn deer." Picture taken on his final birthday, taken during his celebration of birth in his hospital bed at Via Christi - St. Francis Campus, Wichita, KS. Slice of birthday cake is on his table.

PTSD, The Masters of Contradiction in the British Military

Today, many times I have been called the "Master" in Contradiction. This blog is regarding the denial of PTSD in the British Army, a branch of the British military.

In days gone by I witnessed "Deny, Deny and Deny".

The rule of denial took place in the British Army. During 1917, "shell shock" was entirely banned as a diagnosis in the British Army, and mentions of it were censored, even in medical journals.

What a contradiction within the arms of the British Military. I can not tell you who made this rule, but I can tell you he/she was use to dealing with political matters. The 3 rules for dealing with such an epidemic is denial, denial and denial.

If I was a wordsmith or a master of grammar, I could say the British Army almost got it right. Someone did not understand the treatment I stated in my previous blog. Nor did they understand the same treatment could be used years later.

I dislike denial as a method to resolve conflict.

I wonder how much of a factor denial was, and is today, to influence Stigma. Is this the reason people preferred, and still prefer, to keep their illness locked up in their bedroom closet?

You have learned in these blogs that death by firing squad was considered a reasonable way to terminate the problem and keep from overcrowding in prisons. You have read denial was used to silence awareness, that would otherwise result in public awareness, which could have severe consequences. Can you image what this would do in recruitment efforts and the draft?

In my opinion, there would be a major conflict between serving your country and serving your country with a 40% chance it would make you "crazy", meaning suffering from a mental illness which would follow you home, become a major factor for anger and in spouse and child abuse, to personally take care of the problem by executing oneself, rather than by execution by firing squad. Suicide rates should be accepted rather than being an act that can be prevented. The numbers say so, it is a documented fact.

Regretfully, an awareness of a 40% chance of going "crazy" by volunteering to protect and serve would cause a severe lack of enrollment, forcing to re-instate the draft and what measures a person would take to avoid being drafted. It is a problem in national security. It is a major problem with vulnerability. We do not want to be weakened.

Therefore, video games that blow people up and shed blood are a good thing. Everyone who plays wants to win, to become proficient without negative emotions. These kids are ensuring they would be members of the 60%. Drone deployment is also a good thing, to have an unmanned protector being controlled by an expert in playing video games. It is a must for national security.

If I was in charge, as commander in chief, I would give godspeed to this type of technology.

It is an appropriate action to extend a thank you to everyone who is in the military, and to those who previously served. Not only are they willing to give their life for their country, they are willing to return alive with a very serious illness. Your thank you goes much further than you probably realize. You are thanking that person for becoming a Warrior.

PTSD treatment - Death by Execution

Executed?

Yes, put on trial for
Cowardice
Desertion
Lack of Character
Military Crime

Some men suffering from shell shock were put on trial, and even executed, for military crimes including desertion and cowardice. While it was recognized that the stresses of war could cause men to break down, a lasting episode was likely to be seen as symptomatic of an underlying lack of character.

Although execution happened to a small population, in the hundreds, it makes me wonder how many more were reported as death by friendly fire or simply a casualty of war.

Some pretended to suffer from shell shock for the intent to be discharged. Doctors were hired by the British Military for evaluation of possible malingering. If found guilty of such shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment.

PTSD Treatment while in battle, written by the British Military

This is the accepted belief system I was being raised by.

From British Military Records,

"You are able to explain to him that there is really nothing wrong with him, give him a rest at the aid post if necessary and a day or two’s sleep, go up with him to the front line, and, when there, see him often, sit down beside him and talk to him about the war and look through his periscope and let the man see you are taking an interest in him."

I am in total agreement with the treatment method stated above. At the age of 10, my belief system accepted this type of treatment, every word of it. This was my perception when I signed up for the draft during the Vietnam war. My fear was being stationed in a computer room when I wanted to be on the front, like my father and step-father were. I heard their stories. I listened to their stories. I imagined their stories.

My belief system was to leave my personal beliefs at home, immediately when I was called to service, even before being sworn in. My personal belief system would be turned off after repeating the affirmation, "Do not be of concern to one who kills the body, be concerned of the one who can take your soul." The Mott motto: We shall be known by our deeds as we shall be judged by our deeds." would be meaningless.

I would be under the rule of a new belief system, without doubt or regret. I would go "play" in the "Devil's Den". After duty was complete, I would throw away someone else's belief system and return to my personal belief system, returning home as if nothing happened. And it didn't happen, because I wasn't living my belief system. I don't "play" in the "Devil's Den". I never have and never will.

When I see pictures, I will have no recall.

PTSD 65,000 in 19 British military hospitals for Shell Shock

Continuation of previous blog

There were so many officers and men suffering from shell shock that 19 British military hospitals were wholly devoted to the treatment of cases.

Those wounded during battle would wear an armband to signify the physically wounded from the emotionally wounded.

Ten years after the war, 65,000 veterans of the war were still receiving treatment for it in Britain.

PTSD 40% of casualties were shell-shocked at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Please see addendum on March 26, 2014 added to the end of this blog. Thank you.

At the Battle of the Somme in 1916, as many as 40% of casualties were shell-shocked, resulting in concern about an epidemic of psychiatric casualties, which could not be afforded in either military or financial.

Battles - The Battle of the Somme, 1916
Comprising the main Allied attack on the Western Front during 1916, the Battle of the Somme is famous chiefly on account of the loss of 58,000 British troops (one third of them killed) on the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916, which to this day remains a one-day record. The attack was launched upon a 30 kilometre front, from north of the Somme river between Arras and Albert, and ran from 1 July until 18 November, at which point it was called off.

ADDENDUM March 26, 2014

From DoSomething.org,

Psychiatrists project that 1 in 3 U.S. soldiers will suffer from PTSD after serving in Iraq or Afghanistan (or both). The rate for PTSD is two times higher for those men and women who served two tours, which makes up approximately 40 percent of all U.S. troops.

I would like to make note the percentages being quoted in 2014 are the same as what the British Military stated in 1916. Getting close to the Century mark, one can see there has not been any progress in reducing the rates. This is a serious concern.

PTSD from the British Military rather than American Military

British Military on PTSD rather than in America

Shell Shocked

The term originated from the British Army.

Shell shock was defined as an emotional, rather than a physical, injury.

Ft. Bragg via Website, family pages not found then gone

I was browsing for PTSD articles on the Ft. Bragg, NC website. The thought stays in the forefront of my mind as part of my "to do list" before May.

There were 2 topics I clicked on last night while I was browsing the site. I thought it would be interesting to read about Preparing Families for Deployment and Preparing Families for return. The web pages could not be found, typical on any website. I've had a typo in a URL or in a link to page. No big deal.

Today, I can't even find references to the links. Where did they go? I'm sure its my fault as I must be looking at the wrong webpage. I'll have to go back and look at history. Its just going to take some time to hunt, time I really don't have. I don't believe I was using the search engine correctly today either. My bad

I did find a page on Preparing Children, that's good!

All I was wondering about was if the Fort was using such things as NAMI's Family to Family program. A few years back, Ft. Riley was going to have the class on base and off base. Preparing families is a good idea.


anyway,

Back to PTSD articles, the thought that stays in the forefront of my mind.

To keep away from talking about the same old thing or possibly of a conflict with any rule or regulation, I made my decision to discuss what has been going on across the pond since the early 1900's.

I've done a little research on a man in Essex County, England that has the same last name as mine and resided in the same location where my relatives lived before crossing the pond by going west. His research was amazing. I am in awe of his medical credentials. Neurology, Pathology, Psychiatry and Biochemistry, just to name a few. There's not much about his work with radio waves that I have found published. But this research was being done around the time he was hired by the British military.

I'll focus on British PTSD in the military and use the least amount about Americans. Perhaps it will give one a different perspective. It starts from the era of 1910's.

One thing I am certain of, he lived with a mental illness, just like me. References were made that when he didn't have a test subject, he would perform the test on himself.

I think I can use the title, PTSD in the Military from Across the Pond.

Book Cover Final Report is........

I have much gratitude to all who answered the survey and posted on Facebook.

If I would have chosen my cover, Cover 1 would have won and the same is true for Facebook friends. But the survey says otherwise.

The survey shows Cover 2 as the winner.

For bookstore, it was a dead heat. Flipping a coin would have worked out the same.

Individuals took Cover 2 by 16%. Taking in to account the (+-5%), Cover 2 still wins. Their reasoning was also more convincing.

On the final analysis, either would be fine but "Contemporary looks better than traditional", "Cover 1 is too busy" and "It makes me wonder what's on Mott's Mind" influenced me.

Monday mornings answer is Cover 2.

Final statistics:

Congrats, your Constant Contact email results are in!

My results are in from my survey.

That's great news!

Oh, boy. Now I have all this data to extrapolate.

358 bookstores surveyed, sent out in batches of 95, 64 and 199.

586 people surveyed, sent out in batches of 207, 286 and 11

944 surveys were sent in 6 different batches. Now I have to compile the numbers and read their comments.

This is going to take more than a few minutes. Watching Wichita State and Kansas win their basketball games is priority for the day. I'll have to work on the survey before or after the games.

I don't have to give my publisher the decision on "which one I like best" until 8:00am tomorrow, Monday morning. I'm going to give the survey a higher factor than the one I personally like the best.

Results to follow.

Waiting on Ft. Bragg, Almost Time for PTSD in the Military -

PTSD in the Military will becoming to you soon.

Blogs are being prepared for those coming from Ft. Bragg, North Carolina to Fayetteville in May.

The Fort is completing Brain Trauma month on March 25, 2014. I still have time to make a few remarks about such.

The next event is scheduled for April 10-11. Brain Health Consortium, Brain Health: Partnering to Explore the New Frontier

Topics are:
Behavioral Health
Family Health
Emotional Health
Spiritual Health
Social Health
Physical Health

I have to ask, What does the above have to do with a New Frontier? To treat any person, they must be considered as a whole, combining all types of health, in to one.

I'm waiting to learn the topic for May before I compile my notes. There's nothing like getting a few hours off base, wishing to return if I talk about the same thing. It should be different. I'm not an educated professional brain provider. What do they expect from me? Well, I do have a brain of sorts. That should work.

I feel it is prudent to explore what is currently going on at Ft. Bragg since there are people who will be leaving the base and driving to its closest city, Fayetteville, NC.
on May 7 & 8 to listen to an author who has lived his adult life with a mental illness.
As the subject of the month is brain trauma, I have a couple of experiences to share. Not my personal one that I have in my book, that comes in May. I've talked multiple times with two gentleman who were in the military and both suffer from brain trauma. The situation is the same but how the two deal with their problem differs greatly.

One is angry. He carries a label of being mentally ill and is treated as such. He has a lawn service that he does very well with. I'm not aware of any incident while working but the depression comes and symptoms are the same as a person diagnosed with mental illness. He's pissed! He hates the stigma. He dislikes one on one conversation about such. Going to support groups on mental illness isn't his favorite thing to do, unless the food is good. The fact is his brain cells, his neuo-net, has been severely compromised He got hit in the head. That's it. If people would respect him for his service and understand he is wounded, his world would be a much better place to live.

The other gentleman is 6'4" built like a tight end and would fit in with any NFL team. Instead. he was hit in the head by a swinging pulley on a naval ship. He was injured.
His speech is slurred but if you spend enough time with him, you can understand him pretty well. He participates in psycho-social groups. He's part of the group, unconditionally. Physical appearance and diagnosis doesn't matter. Community Mental Health Centers don't intimidate him. He's loved and helps his peers and his peers help him.

For me, my favorite sport to play as a kid was baseball, bats left and throww left handed. I would be cool, knocking the dirt off my cleats and Boom, hit right in the ear. We wore hard hat helmets, none of the ear protection type. Time and time again, smashed in the head. While stunned, I could hear the apology of a catch who was too lazy to stand up and throw the ball back to the pitcher. As a lefty, you were always in the line of fire. I had a coach who liked me to steal home base, on of the most exciting plays of the game. Nobody knows what's going on, the batter, catcher, umpire and pitcher get confused. But one of our players likes to swing and hit anything that comes running his way, trying to smash it when its on the ground. A brutal play? No way! Such an adrenaline rush never hurt. But trying to lay down for bed, that's a different story. There was a time when I hit the pavement, head first at 45mph. I shouldn't be here writing about it. I wrote about it in my book. You have to read the book for that story.

For now, I'll watch what is going on in brain health until I arrive in Fayetteville.

Help me make a decision. Your opinion matters.

The graphic artist at Tate Publishing nailed the cover for the bookstore release of my book. There is a decision to make because he didn't make 1 awesome cover, he made 2. I love both of them, but that doesn't matter. What matters is which cover catches your eye? You are the important one. Which one do you love the most? Cover 1 or Cover 2. Please leave your comment. Your opinion matters. Thank you.

History of Mott's Mind coincides with NAMI events

NAMI is driving the progression of Mott's Mind.



Tentative Book Store Version's Signing Event scheduled for Washington, DC Sept 6, 2014
By coincidence, NAMI National Conference, visit to capital hill morning. Looking at the location of the Mott House, across the street from Hart Senate Building. (pending)

Limb Bark Sculpture to identify areas of a brain cell. What could possibly go wrong that would transform in to a Mental Illness

Illustration of sections of a brain cell to troubleshoot how malfunctions can transform in to a number of Mental Illness diseases or Mental Problems. With so may areas of just one cell, What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - A Theory


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Theories to discuss in troubleshooting

Power It does not take a considerable amount of power for a cell to function properly.
1. What if the electricity has a "brown out"? Lower voltage than required.
2. What if the electricity has a "spike"? Higher voltage than required.
3, Does Deep Brain Stimulation fix the voltage problem?
4. Does the "Pace Maker" provide enough voltage?
5. Does the "Head Band" provide enough voltage?
6. Does an "ECT" treatment provide enough voltage for a period of time?
7. What happens when cells are transmitting at different voltage rates?
8. Is there a voltage regular in the cell?
9. Can a radio wave ride on the voltage?

Synapse The site of functional apposition between neurons, where an impulse is transmitted from one to another, usually by a chemical neurotransmitter released by the axon terminal of the presynaptic neuron. The neurotransmitter diffuses across the gap to bind with receptors on the postsynaptic cell membrane and cause electrical changes in that neuron (depolarization/excitation or hyperpolarization/inhibition).
1. What if the chemicals used are of the wrong dosage?
2. What if the dendrites of the various branched protoplasmic extensions are unaligned?
3. Can a transmit of neurons be incomplete?
4. Can a receive of neurons be incomplete?
5. Is there a "return code" sent back to the previous cell to confirm received okay?
5.1 If so, how many times does it retry until the transmission is dropped (Nul)?
6. What can block or interfere with a synapse? frequency? microwave? radiation? floating "space junk"? polarization? magnetic field? temperature? composition of chemicals where Synapse is made? unknown, it just happens?
7. What is the intelligence to reroute signal?

Axon What the neurons travel through - Shielded(fatty tissue) Unshielded
1. Speed Rating for Shielded 120mph, Unshielded 20mph Difference 100mph
2. Compare to Coaxial Cable
3. Shielding - is it "wrapped correctly", are there "dings" in insulation.
4. Unshielded always has to run slower for good transmission.
5. What if axon gets plugged?
6. What if neurons get to hot?
7. Are there explosions due to malfunctions?
8. Is there a retry function?

Diagnosis Malfunction and Related Transformation
1. Classification as illness or disease
2. Classified by brain trauma
3. Classified as Autism
4. Considered crazed or dazed

Treatment Medications or Talk Therapy? Biochemistry or Natural Self-Repair?
Google my relative, Sir Fredrick Mott, London, Essex County



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Discussing your belief system to purchase a car

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Slides for Workshop on National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, May 8, 2014

We here at NAMI Cumberland Harnett & Lee Counties are pleased to announce our National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day Celebration “Super Heroes: Strength for Today Hope for Tomorrow” on National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, May 8, 2014. The event will be at the Cumberland County Department of Social Services, 1225 Ramsey Street , Fayetteville , NC 28301 .

On May 6, 2014 we will kick-off the Celebration with a special event for children, “Uniquely You”. This activity will exhibit artist and poetic abilities of our real heroes, the children and will feature some of our Super heroes.

The National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health declares the first full week in May as National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week and this year May 8, 2014 is declared as National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. This week is dedicated to increasing public awareness about the triumphs and challenges in children’s mental health and emphasizing the importance of family and youth involvement in the children’s mental health movement! This week is meant to promote positive mental health, well-being and social development for all children and youth. It means strengthening our community.

NAMI Cumberland Harnett & Lee Counties is a 501© 3 grass roots organization dedicated to the eradication of mental illness and to improvement of the quality of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases. We accomplish these goals through education, support advocacy, and information.


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