Lots of very interesting reading! Thanks for doing all that research. (Imagine the research that went into writing the episode.)
Sure! I jumped in b/c I've been following
PTSD,
TBI and
CTE for a while. I had a WWII relative who very likely had PTSD. Dad always said, "He was never the same and could not talk about what he saw there..." It was called "Shell Shock" by the older folks.
I've followed the research in these areas for several reasons - as an "unexplained disease" began surfacing in boxers, football players and others. There's a lot of "helmet research" occurring try to make impact sports "safer" for kids and adults but there are questions is there really any "safe level of repeated impact?" However, much to the chagrin of organized sports, the research is indicating that impacts considered normal on the football field or in boxing ring, still "jar" the brain, and are doing damages. Also, significant concussions and impacts from automobile accidents are less clear as a proven driver but questions remain. Before seat belts were mandatory, I was in a automobile accident at night where I slammed head first into the windshield (broke it good) and suffered a concussion. Luckily, I was not ejected. To this day I remember being in the hospital and the doctors saying, "do NOT let him go to sleep" until they completed testing. So there's a bit of, well if this ever surfaces in my medical history...
I can understand the mini-shockwaves at the lower frequencies just hit your body. Consider it's the same as waves in a pond. The episode made the point by firing a small caliber fire-arm and asking viewers to magnify that 1000x and 1000's of rounds.
Sadly, I just read this AM an Alabama A&M football player died after sustaining a head-injury in October 2024. V.
