WHAT IS P.T.S.D./POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER??
MOST PEOPLE “ONLY” ASSOCIATE IT (P.T.S.D.) WITH VETERANS! IT IS UNIMAGINABLE THAT “P.T.S.D.” IS ACTUALLY JUST A COMMON PART OF THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.
PEOPLE OF COLORS (ALL COLORS) HAVE AND DO SUFFER FROM DAILY, HOURLY, BY THE MINUTES=”P.T.S.D.” SHOULD “WE ALL BE PART OF A “CLASS-ACTION” SUIT, AGAINST OUR OWN SELVES/OUR GOVERNMENT???
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10 Symptoms of PTSD
Most people with post-traumatic stress disorder underwent a traumatic event or experience in their past that has led to mental and physical symptoms that can last for years and can be debilitating. In recent years, more research and treatment possibilities have developed to help people with this sometimes life-threatening mental health condition.
1. Detachment from Others
One of the first symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder is detachment from others. This can happen for a myriad of complicated reasons. Often, those with PTSD are afraid of how they might behave in front of other people. They worry that they might become angry or react strangely to normal occurrences.
2. Flashbacks
Flashbacks are another symptom of PTSD. The symptom causes a person to relive a traumatic event. The emotional response is different for everyone. However, flashbacks often cause feelings of panic, extreme stress, and physical issues like fainting, heart palpitations, and high blood pressure.
3. Nightmares
Frequent nightmares are a common symptom of PTSD. These nightmares may focus on the event that created the trauma or they may appear unrelated. Nightmares are different from flashbacks in that they occur on a subconscious level during sleep, while flashbacks take place while the mind is alert and awake.
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A History of Slavery in the United States
- 1. Slavery had been in North America since the first black slaves were brought here in 1619. As plantations got bigger in the 1700’s, more and more slaves were needed. Slaves began to be purchased and brought to the colonies, and were the property of their masters. Slaves were brought over as part of the Triangular Trade in the 1700’s.
- 2. Slaves who were captured or bought by Europeans were taken to be processed in forts on the African coast. Here they were branded and loaded onto ships. The voyage from Africa to the West Indies was known as the Middle Passage. Chained together, newly purchased slaves were fed little and were given little exercise. Any slaves who were sick or who had died were thrown overboard. If they refused to eat they were punished. About 12 million slaves were brought to North and South America by ships. When they arrived in the New World, they were auctioned off to plantation owners.
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- 4. Most slaves were laborers who worked in fields, but some worked in the homes of plantation owners. Bosses known as overseers were in charge of watching the slaves and keeping them working. Virginia passed slave codes in 1705. These defined what slaves were able to do. By 1750, slavery was legal in all of the 13 original American colonies. Some codes didn’t allow slaves to leave plantations. Others forbid reading and writing. Most forbid slaves from forming in large groups. Families were torn apart by slave owners. Most Southerners did not own slaves. Slave labor was needed however to maintain the economic system that was in place in the Southern Colonies. The debate on the legality and morality of one person owning another would plague America as a continent and a nation until the U.S. Civil War.
- 5. The Declaration of Independence had said “all men were created equal.” This did not apply to African slaves. As the Constitution was written, there were many debates over slavery. Even in the late 1700’s, northern states did not like slavery and southern states did. Southern states also wanted their slaves to count in their population to give them more votes in the newly created House of Representatives. The 3/5’s Compromise was made to allow 3/5’s of slaves to be counted into a state’s population. It was also agreed as the Constitution was written that no more slaves could be purchased from Africa after 1808. Southern states instead began to breed their own slaves. Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin allowed cotton to be grown in huge quantities, and further cemented slavery in the South. Slaves who had received some education or were able to read and/or write began to see the injustices of slavery and started rebellions throughout the early 1800’s.
- 6. From 1812 until the Civil War, the U.S. government tried to make sure that there were as many slave states as free states in the country. If there were more slave states or more free states, either side could have a majority in Congress and make laws to either keep slavery or ban it for good. New states that formed out of the territory that was bought from France or won from Mexico were usually admitted in pairs to keep a balance of power.
- 7. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820. It helped to keep North and South happy in the early 1800’s. It drew a line at the 36°30’ north line of latitude in the former Louisiana Territory. Any states north (except Missouri) of the line would not be allowed to have slavery. Maine became a free state at the time. The North also allowed southerners to chase down runaway slaves in order to get them to agree to the Missouri Compromise. The balance of free and slave states remained intact.
- 8. After the Mexican War in the 1840’s, the U.S. acquired a bunch of new territory. No one knew how this new land would be set up, and if slave states or free states would form. The Wilmot Proviso suggested that all the new land be free. Southerners worried the balance of slave and free states would be destroyed, and refused to let the Wilmot proviso become law.
EVERY SINGLE PERSONS OF COLOR(S), WITHIN THE UNITED STATES (EVEN POOR/DECEIVED/IGNORANT WHITE PEOPLE) SUFFER FROM CONTINUED AND ON-GOING “P.T.S.D.”. YEAP!!! IT’S THE “AMERICAN WAY OF “PIMPING THE PEOPLE” FOR GREED!!!
TO BE CONTINUED…..
