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Category Archives: Life
Things I’ve Been or Done in My Life
Things I’ve Been or Done in My Life: (because my wife and daughter have been asking for a list . . . for years) (Updated 5/5/13 – more jobs, descriptions added, clean up formatting). Army Animal Lab Technician: (1-1/2 … Continue reading
The 4 Stages of Acquisition.
Life can be broken up into quarters, such as infancy, youth, maturity & old age. But there’s also another four other stages in life: The 4 Stages of Acquisition. 1) First you learn to acquire things, including family and friends. … Continue reading
Posted in child abuse survivor, Happiness, Life
Tagged 4 Stages of Acquisition, acquisition, death, life, life stages, loss, religion, stages of life
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The Human Guinea Pigs
My dad used us as guinea pigs, my brother and I. He used a laboratory technique, maintaining one child as a control, and the other to experiment on. But the fact is, he experimented on us both. I remember my … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life
Tagged child abuse, child abuse survivor, education, experiences, experiment, guinea pig, Human Guinea Pig, lab rat, Mental Health
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My Dog Dig
My dog Dig died today. Or rather, I had to have her put down. Actually her name wasn’t “Dig” but “Cricket”. Dig was her nickname, along with Dribble-Butt. She was the sweetest dog out of about 14 I’ve owned. I’ve … Continue reading
PTSD Resilience: A Culture Condition?
PTSD is perhaps partially a disease of civilization, taught peers and the current society. Some people think it’s gotten worse. I think it’s gotten better. Now we have a word for PTSD’s symptomology, prognosis, and diagnosis, which gives medical people … Continue reading
Posted in child abuse survivor, mental health
Tagged DID, dissociative identity disorder, Mental Health, military, Psychology, PTSD, PTSD Resilience, soldiers
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Planning An Unplanned Retirement
“You’ve got a few years.” The doctor told me that long ago. I managed to stave things off far longer than he thought I could, sparing American taxpayers a few years of expense. But the thing is, you can’t always … Continue reading
Posted in child abuse survivor, Life
Tagged disability, employment, health, life, planning, social issues, Social Security, standard of living, welfare
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They Aren’t YOUR Children.
Make no mistake: those aren’t “your” children. Those kids belong to the future, not you. But it’s up to you to raise them for that given unseen fate. You aren’t raising those kids for you – you’re raising them for … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged children, future, kids, parenthood, punishment, society, the future, work
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Being Human
“Being human.” What does that mean. What does that mean to you? It’s been found in those rare cases of “children raised by wolves” (or any other such animal) that such children don’t rise to our level of humanity. Instead … Continue reading
What is an Assault Weapon?
What is an assault weapon? With all the talk lately about banning “assault weapons” I see a lot of ignorance. It’s quite apparent a lot of people have no clue what they are talking about when they talk about “assault … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged assault, assault weapon, current issues, gun control, guns, law, social issues, society, violence
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