Comments by "KGS" (@kgs2280) on "Ukraine’s War Is Leading to a Nervous Breakdown" video.

  1.  @Sinvx  Yep. All the defense contractors are raking it in. I just heard that something like 70% of the U.S. Military budget goes into these companies that make weapons of war. Why would they ever want to end war when they’re making vast riches this way? We’ve developed a hideous war-based economy all over the world, and we’ll all pay for it in one way or another.
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  2.  @danielnaberhaus5337  The big problem with that is that most insurance companies won’t pay for it and treatments (the ones around where I live, anyway) cost about $500 - $600 PER treatment, and they recommend 8 treatments. I would love to do it but there’s no way I could afford that. And I’m more than a little reluctant to try to find it from someone I don’t know in a bad neighborhood, and, as I’m not young anymore, I don’t personally know anyone who deals it. I admit that when I was in my 20s I did acid a few times, and I can definitely attest to the psychological therapeutic benefits of it, but, of course, that was before I lived most of my biggest traumatizing events, so it would be great to use something like that for those events. The most hopeful news is that my psych doctor has added me to a list “just in case” my insurance company approves starting trials. But, of course, most of the insurance companies are extremely conservative with “unknown” therapies like that, and probably would not be moved by anecdotal personal stories from former hippies like myself. Plus, it could take years before they decide to do trials, and then more years deciding if they’ll actually commit to having a regular cost-covered program. Oh well, I will keep asking around in areas where I feel safe, but with the understanding that I couldn’t be really absolutely sure I was getting the thing I asked for. But I’m holding out hope that one these days serendipity will hit and all the stars will line up and I’ll come across the right stuff and it will work beautifully. Someone also mentioned doing EMDR treatments, and it works extremely well, and you can do it in your own home. But to me, it feels a little weird in that, while you can be very happy with the outcome, there’s no real joy or ‘jumping up in excitement’ shouting “it works”. I find it a bit strangely dry in that you watch the lights go back and forth while you recount the trauma-inducing experience, then afterward, when you talk about it it’s like, “OK, that doesn’t bother me anymore”, which, of course is wonderful, but I would like to have the deep feeling of joy when I’m testing it out and finding myself healed of something awful. I don’t know if that makes sense. I guess I just feel the need to go out and celebrate such a wonderful recovery from something as awful as PTSD.
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  3.  @jenniferj9025  Thanks. I do live in CA, and there are several clinics near me, but they’re way too expensive for me, and my health company doesn’t cover it at this time. I asked my doctor and she said they’re “considering it”, and with my particular company that means they’ll spend the next five to ten years going over the cost-effectiveness of it, then spend the next five years after that deciding on the most profitable way of launching the program. I seriously doubt I have that many years left.
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