If a doctor gave the OK for men suffering from combat-oriented PTSD to go to a firing range as part of their treatment, that doctor needs to be brought before a review board.
Before my last deployment, my team and I went through a combat simulator. It used real weapons (m-9s and m-4s) with pneumatic hoses. You had the recoil without the danger of live ammo. You stood on a platform and the scenario played out on two huge screens.
The scenario changed based on your actions. They could make you run out of ammo or have your weapon malfunction so you would have to reload and clear. After a scenario they would play back so you could see how you did.
One of the Security Forces guys who ran it said he came back with mild PTSD. He said it actually helped him heal. This would have been a better option for Routh.
Really....that’s interesting. I’m actually open to the idea of being wrong. It’s just very hard to see how I could be.
With the type of PTSD I’m familiar, any attempt to desensitize would be catastrophic.
However, not all cancers kill so maybe there are sources of PTSD that lead to a sub-type of the disorder that responds to desensitization.