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Curious to know how long it takes for a person's mentally unhealthy characteristics to become evident in a combat zone. Based on past experience (in vanilla zon

Curious to know how long it takes for a person's mentally unhealthy characteristics to become evident in a combat zone. Based on past experience (in vanilla zone) I think it takes about 1 to 2 years of regular exposure to a colleague to be able to determine whether they occupy the same reality as the rest of us.

austincheney 9y ago
> Curious to know how long it takes for a person's mentally unhealthy characteristics to become evident in a combat zone. If you are talking about unhealthy enough to create injurious situations I think that differs by the situation and stimulus present. I don't think there is a single uniform answer. Also, it really helps if there are people around to watch for dramatic shifts in behavior before it becomes self-destructive. It is important to note that many people may silently suffer from exceedingly minor and undiagnosed mental health defects that they may not be aware of. When you are around people long enough these qualities become more observable. In my experience it takes as little as 2 to 3 months of observation to really identify it with some amount of fine precision and learn to your own communication skills to compensate for the identified personality qualities. I have a professional mental health counselor in my family who insists as much as 40% of the population could benefit from some minor amount of behavior altering medication. I haven't observed numbers that high from deployment environments, but I have observed a higher number of individuals fitting this criteria than you might think.
- rootw0rm 9y ago
  "I have a professional mental health counselor in my family who insists as much as 40% of the population could benefit from some minor amount of behavior altering medication." lol, that's what the pharmaceutical companies want us to believe. a lot of those medicines are based on inconclusive research and wrong assumptions. unless you're taking antipsychotics, stimulants, benzos, or a few other families of drugs, your crazy pills are probably based on bunk science.
  - magic_beans 9y ago
    I’m pretty sure 40% of the population’s mild behavioral problems would be solved with daily exercise of some kind, rather than medication.

austincheney 9y ago

> Curious to know how long it takes for a person's mentally unhealthy characteristics to become evident in a combat zone. If you are talking about unhealthy enough to create injurious situations I think that differs by the situation and stimulus present. I don't think there is a single uniform answer. Also, it really helps if there are people around to watch for dramatic shifts in behavior before it becomes self-destructive. It is important to note that many people may silently suffer from exceedingly minor and undiagnosed mental health defects that they may not be aware of. When you are around people long enough these qualities become more observable. In my experience it takes as little as 2 to 3 months of observation to really identify it with some amount of fine precision and learn to your own communication skills to compensate for the identified personality qualities. I have a professional mental health counselor in my family who insists as much as 40% of the population could benefit from some minor amount of behavior altering medication. I haven't observed numbers that high from deployment environments, but I have observed a higher number of individuals fitting this criteria than you might think.

rootw0rm 9y ago
"I have a professional mental health counselor in my family who insists as much as 40% of the population could benefit from some minor amount of behavior altering medication." lol, that's what the pharmaceutical companies want us to believe. a lot of those medicines are based on inconclusive research and wrong assumptions. unless you're taking antipsychotics, stimulants, benzos, or a few other families of drugs, your crazy pills are probably based on bunk science.
- magic_beans 9y ago
  I’m pretty sure 40% of the population’s mild behavioral problems would be solved with daily exercise of some kind, rather than medication.