Sebastian Junger: Our lonely society makes it hard to come home from war
Себастьян Джангер: Сложно вернуться с войны в расколотое общество
The author of "The Perfect Storm" and the director of the documentaries "Restrepo" and "Korengal," Sebastian Junger tells non-fiction stories with grit and emotion. Full bio
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корреспондентом 15 лет,
that I really had a problem.
and America wasn't at war yet.
и Америка ещё не была в состоянии войны.
about the effect of trauma and war
что война и травмы делают
for a couple of months
as they were fighting the Taliban.
боровшимся с «Талибаном».
had an air force,
были воздушные силы,
they had tanks, they had artillery,
pretty badly a couple of times.
than I had ever been in Afghanistan.
чем в Афганистане.
it was going to kill me,
всё грозило мне смертью,
everything was moving too quickly.
and just waited for it.
I ran out of the subway station
выбежал из метро
was short-term PTSD:
кратковременным ПТСР,
стрессовым расстройством.
to survive periods of danger,
переживать периоды опасности.
на незнакомые звуки,
и воспоминания
predisposed to fight,
к возможной схватке,
of circulation a little bit.
от передвижения,
but it's better than getting eaten.
чем быть съеденным.
from that pretty quickly.
от такого довольно быстро.
but they eventually went away.
но затем сошли на нет.
to the war that I'd seen.
с увиденным на войне.
now I'm not going crazy anymore.
к повседневной жизни,
who are vulnerable to long-term PTSD
склонны те,
disorders in their family.
психических болезней.
long-term PTSD from Vietnam.
хронического ПТСР.
as a journalist,
really strange going on.
in the wrong direction.
fought as a country,
have gone down.
in the same direction,
have produced, thank God,
и Афганистане, слава Богу,
of what it was in Vietnam.
чем во Вьетнаме.
three times the disability rates.
is actively engaged in combat,
в активных боевых действиях,
killing people,
seeing their friends get killed.
of our military.
рассчитывают
from the government.
in a very logical way.
of 22 vets a day, on average,
что в среднем ежедневно
are veterans of the Vietnam War,
actually might not be related
50-летней давности.
between combat and suicide.
и суицидами нет.
and you're in a lot of combat,
и часто участвуете в боевых действиях,
than if you weren't.
to commit suicide later.
on the Navajo reservation.
long-distance runners.
I was researching PTSD,
исследование о ПТСР,
I did when I was young,
the Apache, the Comanche --
PTSD like we do.
from fighting the US military
боёв с американской армией
right back into tribal life.
to a close, cohesive, tribal society,
закрытое общество,
to an alienating, modern society,
отчуждения
your entire life.
травмированным всю жизнь.
isn't them, the vets;
не в ветеранах;
is hard on the human psyche
а не снижается.
agrarian society.
the highest rates of suicide
and loneliness and child abuse
никогда не был так высок,
and violent and corrupt
нестабильных, жестоких
were urban women in North America.
for PTSD compensation.
из-за ПТСР.
really were not traumatized overseas
травмированы в боях,
they are dangerously alienated
отчуждённость
but don't understand why?
of sort of tribal closeness
sleeping together,
with their lives.
to a society, a modern society,
who weren't even in the military.
soldiers are traumatized
have to be treated for that.
is actually a kind of alienation.
the wrong word for some of it,
our understanding,
об этом другими словами,
отчуждённости».
for some of these people
that didn't really happen
that really is happening.
dangerous feeling.
can lead to suicide.
могут привести к суициду.
of around one percent.
всего 1% страдающих ПТСР.
is supposed to serve in the military.
что в Израиле служба обязательна для всех.
from the front line,
environment to a civilian environment.
на гражданское.
where everyone understands
где каждый знает,
or is going to be in it.
the situation they're all in.
in a cage by itself,
и оставить её в клетке одну,
almost indefinitely.
не пройдёт.
and put it in a cage with other rats,
с другими крысами,
it's pretty much OK.
went down by 40 percent.
сократилось на 40%.
went down after 9/11.
снизился уровень насилия.
who suffered from PTSD
after 9/11 happened.
стали проявляться меньше.
an entire society,
всё общество,
and turn on one another.
и находим друг у друга поддержку.
feels so good and is so good for us,
и нам становится легче.
with mental health issues.
психологические проблемы.
went down during the bombings.
в психиатрических лечебницах снижалось.
back to -- a unified country.
солдаты, — единой страной.
the threat against us.
ourselves and the world.
to a country that is so bitterly divided
настолько разъединённую,
are literally accusing each other
буквально обвиняют друг друга
an enemy of the state,
подорвать безопасность
and the welfare of their own country.
называют друг друга врагами народа.
is the biggest it's ever been.
рекордный.
сплошная проблема.
and even riots in the streets
люди устраивают шествия,
that treated itself that way -- in fact,
с таким отношением к своим членам,
that way -- would never survive.
and are coming back
а теперь возвращаются
with fresh eyes.
if we can save the vets.
можем ли мы помочь ветеранам?
is if we can save ourselves.
можем ли спастись сами?
who fought to protect us.
чтобы помочь тем, кто сражался за нас.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sebastian Junger - Journalist and documentarianThe author of "The Perfect Storm" and the director of the documentaries "Restrepo" and "Korengal," Sebastian Junger tells non-fiction stories with grit and emotion.
Why you should listen
Sebastian Junger thundered onto the media landscape with his non-fiction book, The Perfect Storm. A correspondent for Vanity Fair and ABC News, Junger has covered stories all across the globe, igniting a new interest in non-fiction. One of his main interests: war.
From 2007 to 2008, Junger and photographer Tim Hetherington embedded with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Afghanistan. They spent intensive time with the soldiers at the Restrepo outpost in the Korengal Valley, which saw more combat than any other part of Afghanistan. The experience became Junger's book WAR, and the documentary "Restrepo," which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2011.
Junger and Hetherington planned to make a second documentary on the topic, "Korengal," meant to help soldiers and civilians alike understand the fear, courage and complexity involved in combat. It's a project that Junger decided to carry on after Hetherington was killed in Libya while covering the civil war there. Junger self-financed and released the film.
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