Ptsd Comments

five stars ***** : ) bri Thanks for sharing with us. The last stanza was not clear to me, but...ok. I wonder if this is a 'real' or 'imagined' story. bri : )

stanzas 7-11: These tell the story perhaps pretty well, without going into great detail. I've not had firsthand knowledge of PTSD. I'm sorry for those who do. ; ( bri

I found this poem very interesting upon reading it. I have always wonder what PTSD was like and this piece helped me put it into greater perspective. The sequencing of flashbacks and present time was sad as it appears that focusing must be difficult. I am still not entirely sure what the limitations of the condition are, but hopefully it is suppressed and Mahoney no longer experiences such brutal flashbacks in the future.

A well written and interesting piece Donal.

Wow. An honest and brutal look into what the horrors of war can do to a soldier's mind. Wonderful imagery. Heartbreaking poem.

Not to be a pain. The D stands for disorder when it's not. It is in fact a physiological Injury to the brain caused by any thing external that any reasonable human being would or should know could cause incapacity to the brains normal function.....iip