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Old 07-27-2002, 10:31 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Systems Strange Cluster of WIFE-KILLINGS at Military Fort: Four in Six Weeks

Ft. Bragg, NC, is the home of Army Special Oprations Command which is involved in the present Afghanistan military operation.

Two were believed to be murder-suicides, according to a CNN report on "Fort Bragg killings raise alarm about stress"

Three of the killings were allegedly done by recent postees to the Afghanistan theatre.

Ft. Bragg officials reportedly are stumped, but find no common thread in the wife-killings, which may be a "[statistical] anomoly".

All I can say is:
Tragic, puzzleing, and sad.
And utterly astonishing.

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Old 07-27-2002, 10:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Stress eh?
Hmm around work they've been putting up a few notices about workshops people can go to that are feeling stress related to the crash and where we work.
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'Stress" is a major factor in Health--but I doubt it's what's behind these occurences.

More likely, this like one of those "suicide clusters" where one person commits suicide, and all of a sudden the town has three more.

There is in Psychology something called "social contagion".

Which is why the wise High School Principal will NOT fly the school flag at half-mast and have a Memorial Assembly following a student suicide, but will deal with individual problems privately and quietly.

Hans Sayle--who popularized the term "stress" to describe what he called the Generalized Adaptation Syndrome , the body's physiological response to prolonged psychological stress--later came up with "eustress" and "dystress"--good and bad.

People need some stress.

Perhaps at Ft. Bragg, the present circumstances have created a solidarity and "bond" among the troops that increases the effect of "social contagion".

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