02-06-2013, 03:34 AM
Bill,
"Time bomb ticking" sounds rather scary.
Your example suggests that the young man is controlling whatever bothers him as well as anyone can expect. My personal experience suggests that the chances are good that the dreams and sleep problems will ease with time, but not disappear completely.
I will accept that anyone can "snap" if adequately provoked and that some folks' thresholds are lower than others.
Speaking as a partly knowledgeable lay-person, however, I would submit that the folks committing the majority of these atrocities exhibited overt symptoms that should not have been ignored.
Our mental health system failed both them and their victims.
"Time bomb ticking" sounds rather scary.
Your example suggests that the young man is controlling whatever bothers him as well as anyone can expect. My personal experience suggests that the chances are good that the dreams and sleep problems will ease with time, but not disappear completely.
I will accept that anyone can "snap" if adequately provoked and that some folks' thresholds are lower than others.
Speaking as a partly knowledgeable lay-person, however, I would submit that the folks committing the majority of these atrocities exhibited overt symptoms that should not have been ignored.
Our mental health system failed both them and their victims.
