STRESS AND COPING WITH TRAUMA OF WAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF

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Subject: STRESS AND COPING WITH TRAUMA OF WAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF        

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Folder Title: USNS COMFORT TAH 20 MEDICAL ARTICLES 1991 1992                                                  

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                were needed. The concept that their job was to be available

                was alien and did not adequately support their sense of

                self-esteem.

                     On the other hand, there was excitement and freedom

                being in an environment where the rules had changed. The

                mundane gray tones of everyday existence were transformed

                into high intensity technicolor experiences at a moment's
                   .1'  'kor some, it did not matter that most days were
                not'ce.

                spent cleaning, drilling, reading, or writing letters. This

                was where the action would be. The boredom was tempered by

                the promise of excitement.

                     People experienced guilt and confusion when they

                recognized that they enjoyed the freedom from home

                responsibilities. one crew member's wife was pregnant for

                the first time. The young man appeared anxious and

                struggled over requesting permission to leave the ship -

                despite his preference to remain at sea, free from the

                responsibilities at hone:"He wanted to be with his wife but

                did not want to miss the action at sea. when it became

                clear-that a spousels pregnancy was not a valid    -

                justification for aeaving the ship, he relaxed..- In a'study

                of submariners, Mullin (1969) observed that, 11 ... for a few

                men it was obvious that separation from home, wife,

                children, and family responsibilities meant subtraction of

                an element of'stress in'their personal adjustment."




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