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Chaplains and PTSD

Chaplains and PTSD. Strengthening the Chaplain Corps One Servant at a Time. How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Become. Angry with God. www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com. How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Become Angry With God.

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Chaplains and PTSD

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  1. Chaplains and PTSD Strengthening the Chaplain Corps One Servant at a Time How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Become Angry with God www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  2. How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Become Angry With God • Becoming angry with God is common among sufferers with combat related PTSD but for many different and complex reasons. These feelings of rage stem from perceived or real events causing the veteran to feel: • ~ Angry that God let atrocities happen • ~ Angry that God couldn’t save a friends life • ~ Angry that God didn’t protect them • ~ Angry that God gave them more than they feel they were able to handle • ~ Angry that the powerful God the knew didn’t seem to have any power at all • ~ Angry that God abandoned them www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  3. How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Become Angry With God Anger of any kind typically closes the individual’s mind making them an emotional cripple. www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  4. How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Become Angry With God Once the veteran returns home from the battlefront, anger towards God remains a coping reaction shielding the veteran from facing the repressed emotions and psychological trauma of the war experience. www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  5. How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Become Angry With God This anger also causes the veteran to withdrawal from loved ones and society as a survival tactic against evoking repressed emotions. This type of anger becomes a “paralyzing” effect against interpersonal relationships and all things formerly enjoyed about life. www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

  6. How PTSD Can Cause a Person to Become Angry With God This form of anger can also manifest in anger towards the family compounding the number of victims brought into the issue. The worry and the fear expressed by family members over the difference they clearly view in the behavior and personality of their loved one returning from the war leads to their own depression and unhappiness. www.ChaplainsAndPTSD.com

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