Friday, July 4, 2008

Traumatized Veterans Relive Iraq Experience to Decompress

I ran across this interesting therapy for returning vets who might have a problem assimilating back into society. All the info is self contained and provided by the narrator for the New Yorker. What is unsettling is that some messed up vets will be walking among us, human time bombs scarred mentally for life, reacting to life around them as if the threat still stalks them.

According to the web introduction, “Here are some scenarios from Virtual Iraq, a virtual-reality simulation adapted from the video game Full Spectrum Warrior, with commentary by Sue Halpern. She talks about Virtual Iraq, a treatment for traumatized veterans.



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