John McCain and PTSD

While it has been well known that many people believe John McCain has PTSD, this article is stunning for the simple fact it ends with this.

There is a lot more information about what he did to Carol, but I bring this up to try to show you that he is not stable and goes from reasonable behavior to sick behavior.

So he now sits there in the Senate making things difficult again. He is a problem and the fact that such a man could become a Senator is a problem for the country.

John McCain is a jerk to most people including members of the Senate calling him McNasty. PTSD did not make him a jerk. Much as he has not been good for veterans, often dismissing other veterans with PTSD as not worth his time, we need to remember that most of the veterans with PTSD are not "unstable" even though some have mood swings. To make McCain a poster boy for PTSD is just playing politics.

Saying McCain has PTSD and that he attempted suicide is not new or news any more than saying he's been a jerk.

John McCain and PTSD
Daily Kos
Don Mikulecky
SAT JUL 20, 2013

Besides having knowledge about this man from the fact that my wife knew his first wife fairly well (I met her at class reunions I accompanied my wife to), I have always suspected that he is not without certain psychological problems. Being a prisoner of war was extremely traumatic. He is a hero for his ability to come out of that as well as he did. He is not fit to govern in any sense and the fact that he was a presidential candidate says our system is very open to real problems. So now he is a Senator again. He has a way of misusing his power that makes it seem like a quirk. I think it goes deeper. Read on below and I'll air other opinions on this.

A lot of this came out during the Presidentail Campaign but seems forgotten now. For example:John McCain's suicide attempt and his resulting PTSD

McCain says because he survived 5½ years of brutal torture, while a prisoner of the communist Vietnamese, he is better qualified to be president of the United States than any other candidate. McCain claims his POW sufferings included three years in solitary confinement where he was tortured so badly that he "broke," causing him to attempt suicide.

What McCain's promoters have carefully edited out of their McCain-for-president equation is his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Department of Defense psychiatrists have evaluated McCain for PTSD several times, the results of which remain locked by privacy laws.

PTSD can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which physical harm occurred or was threatened. U.S. government studies have concluded that former POWs "may remain embroiled in a harsh psychological battle with themselves for decades after returning home."

An outcome of PTSD is a subtle web of personal problems including difficulty in controlling intense emotions such as anger and an inability to function well under stress.
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