bren122
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was it an act of terrorism? i have no doubt that it was.
my question is what caused this man to become radicalised like he did. what if there is a movement in the US, in or outside the military, that is using a psychological campaign to undermine the morale of the muslims in the services?
what if this man became psychologically unhinged and reached out to radical Islam as an anchor? perhaps it is possible to redirect that to a less radical solution.
it is just way too easy to say that because he was already muslim he had a diposition to do this- and if we accept so simple a solution then we are allowing our politicians and military to keep going the way things are. perhaps in the end he may prove to be a deep undercover agent for some Muslim group or government- but perhaps not. we need to know which.
transferred PTSD is a controversial subject- ask ten different psychologists and you will get ten different views. personally i do not believe that this has been the case here.
the most probable explanation is that the major has become frustrated by his inability to help so many- i am not sure how the American set-up works but i suppose that Hasan would be giving initial care to physically injured patients before passing the majority onto civilian or other military psychologists without seeing major improvements. in some ways it would be akin to a surgeon operating on a person's leg for the first half of the procedure but then having to pass them onto another surgeon and starting the process all over again without seeing what the final result of any one surgery was. what he is getting is all the stress with little or no reward for his efforts in seeing his patients' improvements. this may have led to a process of disassociation from the concerns of the others around him. given that his mind seems to have really given way after being assigned to Afghanistan this is the most likely cause of psychological breakdown- the sudden realisation that none of his new patients will be getting better.
another possibility is simple transference- identifying with a particular patient to the point where he 'becomes' the patient. as he seems to have been in provision of initial treatment only this is highly unlikely.
my question is what caused this man to become radicalised like he did. what if there is a movement in the US, in or outside the military, that is using a psychological campaign to undermine the morale of the muslims in the services?
what if this man became psychologically unhinged and reached out to radical Islam as an anchor? perhaps it is possible to redirect that to a less radical solution.
it is just way too easy to say that because he was already muslim he had a diposition to do this- and if we accept so simple a solution then we are allowing our politicians and military to keep going the way things are. perhaps in the end he may prove to be a deep undercover agent for some Muslim group or government- but perhaps not. we need to know which.
transferred PTSD is a controversial subject- ask ten different psychologists and you will get ten different views. personally i do not believe that this has been the case here.
the most probable explanation is that the major has become frustrated by his inability to help so many- i am not sure how the American set-up works but i suppose that Hasan would be giving initial care to physically injured patients before passing the majority onto civilian or other military psychologists without seeing major improvements. in some ways it would be akin to a surgeon operating on a person's leg for the first half of the procedure but then having to pass them onto another surgeon and starting the process all over again without seeing what the final result of any one surgery was. what he is getting is all the stress with little or no reward for his efforts in seeing his patients' improvements. this may have led to a process of disassociation from the concerns of the others around him. given that his mind seems to have really given way after being assigned to Afghanistan this is the most likely cause of psychological breakdown- the sudden realisation that none of his new patients will be getting better.
another possibility is simple transference- identifying with a particular patient to the point where he 'becomes' the patient. as he seems to have been in provision of initial treatment only this is highly unlikely.