Fort Hood Shooting

A soldier suspected of shooting at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday is alive the base’s commander said Thursday evening.  Fort Hood shooting left 43 casualties resulted into 12 fatalities and wounding 31. The suspect, who was identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a psychiatrist licensed in Virginia who was practicing at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood. Hasan was born in Virginia and is said to be a U.S. citizen of Jordanian descent. Hasan is scheduled to be deployed to Iraq and one of the things that might have upset him was that he was never deployed outside the United States.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for sure was in the soundest of his mind when he entered his job to the time he was assigned for Iraq. It might be the thought of being away from his family for the very first time that caused his violence. Like Maj. Hasan we all experienced it ourselves. STRESS! It all started from this simple 6 letter word which when not properly addressed would definitely turn your world upside down.

We can’t deny the fact that stress is a part of our everyday lives because we are living and not merely existing. Everyone is subjected to various degrees of stress no matter what age, gender, nationality and occupation. Stress is the feeling created in response to certain adverse circumstances. Excessive worrying causes the initial tension. Tense muscles, headaches and insomnia are just among the many symptoms that stress manifests. We are stressed by the pressures of our jobs. We also are stressed by the people who put pressure on us. We too are stressed by family obligations.

GAS (General Adaptation Syndrome )of Hans Selye says Exhaustion is the third and final stage in the GAS model. At this time, all of the body’s resources are eventually used up and the body is unable to maintain normal function. At this point the initial autonomic nervous system symptoms may reappear (sweating, raised heart rate etc.). If this stage is extended, long term damage may result as the capacity of glands, especially the adrenal gland, and the immune system is exhausted and function is impaired which will result in decompensation.

In psychiatry, decompensation is the inability to maintain defense mechanisms in response to stress, resulting in personality disturbance or psychological imbalance. It can refer to the deterioration of mental health in a patient with previously maintained psychiatric illness, leading to a diminished ability to think and carry on daily activities. This includes loss of memory, both long term and short.-wiki says

Stress can really be a drag. While most of us consider stress just a temporary feeling of tiredness that will eventually go away the following day or week, Stress is in fact a serious problem around the globe. Experts consider it is harmful because if not arrested early enough, stress can lead to poor mental health and some serious diseases like heart disease and cancers.

So for sounder minds for both the civilians and the U.S. Army working force De- STRESS is the thing needed by everyone.

Fort Hood Shooting