MANY OF THE SYMPTOMS OF SHELL SHOCK AND OF TONIC IMMOBILITY WERE THOUGHT OF AS BEING CAUSED BY A BACK INJURY BUT THE SHELL SHOCK DIRECTLY CAUSED THE SPINAL DISABILITY WHICH PREVENTED NORMAL MOVEMENT.

 

DISABLED NOT COMPENSATED

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

THERE IS A DISABILITY, SWAYBACK, WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH TONIC IMMOBILITY.

SHELLSHOCK MIGHT BE THE OLD VERY DRAMATIC NAME FOR THE SYNDROME.

I WAS BUYING A NEW MATTRESS AT A SEARS DISCOUNT WAREHOUSE IN SAANICH IN 1982 OR THEREABOUTS. 

THE SALESMAN SAID THAT HE HAD A VERY BADLY INJURED BACK AS I HAD SAID I DID. HE RECOUNTED HIS INEXPLICABLE DIFFICULTY WITH TYING UP HIS SHOES AND PUTTING TROUSERS OR SOCKS  ON AS WELL.

I EXPERIENCED THAT DIFFICULTY. I WAS SURPRISED, OTHER BACK SYMPTOMS WERE ACUTE AT TIMES, BUT THERE WAS OFTEN AN INABILITY TO BEND FORWARD WHILE I WAS INFLEXIBLE AND IN A  REVERSE ARCH SPINAL ARCHITECTURE. THAT CAUSED MY CHEST TO SEIZE AS I  TRIED TO PUT MY SOCKS AND SHOES ON.

DISABLED AS THE SALESMAN AND I BOTH WERE, WE NEITHER OF US, KNEW THAT WHAT WAS HAMPERING US WAS NOT ONLY BACK INJURY BUT IT WAS ALSO:

SHELL SHOCK 

THERE ARE PROBABLY A LOT OF SHELL SHOCK AFFECTED PEOPLE, SOME  SUBTLY, OTHERS REVERSED ARCHED INTO AN INSTITUTIONALIZED WRECK.