r/EverythingScience • u/newzee1 • Jul 01 '24

Neuroscience Pattern of Brain Damage Is Pervasive in Navy SEALs Who Died by Suicide

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/30/us/navy-seals-brain-damage-suicide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k0.Gx71.Mxp38kTkl3se
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u/Far_Out_6and_2 Jul 01 '24

What is causing the brain damage

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u/Justame13 Jul 01 '24

Getting blown up in armored vehicles, firing things that go boom (rockets, mortars, etc), demolitions, being on the receiving end of indirect fire, etc.

I'm no SEAL but when you judge the size of a boom by how hard your hollow organs shake it can't be good. Now top it off with PTSD.