Posted on Mar 8, 2015
Inherited PTSD: Has anyone in the RP community experienced it?
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PTSD is a major concern in our military family. My service was not of the type that one would ordinarily associate with PTSD. I have not been diagnosed, or granted VA disability for PTSD; however, during the course of my life and career, I've displayed traits and responses that are associated with mild PTSD.
My family history is rife with real, diagnosed PTSD. My grandfather as a B-24 bombardier in WWII, my uncle as an Infantryman in Vietnam, and my father as a Sheriff's Deputy.
As a current graduate student, I have unfettered access to the academic literature, and I've been browsing the research on this phenomenon. I've attached a reasonable summary of the latest research conclusions (since I cannot legally attach actual journal articles). I'm profoundly interested in the possibility that environmental factors may affect the genetics of men and their progeny. This stands against the principles of evolutionary theory. That is, if you lose an arm in battle, your sons will still have both arms. Some researchers opine that PTSD-like symptoms are simply passed to children because the disease affects the way they are parented.
I tend to align with the latter argument, but recent research has my confidence in that position wavering.
Has anyone in the community experienced this phenomenon? I'm curious to see how widespread it really is. Thanks!
http://disinfo.com/2010/09/can-ptsd-be-genetically-inherited/
My family history is rife with real, diagnosed PTSD. My grandfather as a B-24 bombardier in WWII, my uncle as an Infantryman in Vietnam, and my father as a Sheriff's Deputy.
As a current graduate student, I have unfettered access to the academic literature, and I've been browsing the research on this phenomenon. I've attached a reasonable summary of the latest research conclusions (since I cannot legally attach actual journal articles). I'm profoundly interested in the possibility that environmental factors may affect the genetics of men and their progeny. This stands against the principles of evolutionary theory. That is, if you lose an arm in battle, your sons will still have both arms. Some researchers opine that PTSD-like symptoms are simply passed to children because the disease affects the way they are parented.
I tend to align with the latter argument, but recent research has my confidence in that position wavering.
Has anyone in the community experienced this phenomenon? I'm curious to see how widespread it really is. Thanks!
http://disinfo.com/2010/09/can-ptsd-be-genetically-inherited/
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Do you think it would be possible to be inherited because of the stories that they have told and also by their actions of its effects? I have never heard of this before. My wife is a counselor, I will ask her and she is she has ever heard or came across this.
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MSgt Jim Pollock
SFC Golden...Your suggestions are one theory, and probably the most likely IMO. There is a growing body of research, however, that suggests traumatic events might affect how germline cell genes are expressed... This is interesting because certain stress related traits could be passed generationally without altering DNA (eg a mutation).
It's pretty interesting. I'm interested to hear if your wife has heard of it.
It's pretty interesting. I'm interested to hear if your wife has heard of it.
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