PTSD and Diabetes

Being angry activates the body's fight or flight system. You get an adrenal rush. I have often thought that being angry all the time from abused child PTSD might be a cause of the diabetes "epidemic" we are having. It turns out there is some evidence for that.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Incidence of Type-2 Diabetes: A Prospective Twin Study

Growing evidence has linked posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes, but most previous studies were cross-sectional. We examined the association between PTSD and incidence of diabetes in a prospective study of middle-aged male twins from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry. Lifetime PTSD was diagnosed at baseline with the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) according to DSM-III-R criteria. Subthreshold PTSD was defined by meeting some, but not all, criteria for PTSD. A total of 4,340 respondents without self-reported diabetes at baseline were included. Of these, 658 reported a new diagnosis of treated diabetes over a median of 19.4 years of follow-up. At baseline, twins with PTSD showed more behavioral and metabolic risk factors such as overweight and hypertension. The age-adjusted cumulative incidence of diabetes was significantly higher in twins with PTSD (18.9%) than those without PTSD (14.4%), [odds ratio (OR)=1.4, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03-1.8], and intermediate in those with subthreshold PTSD (16.4%) (OR=1.2, 95% CI 0.9-1.5, p for trend=0.03). Adjustment for military, lifestyle and metabolic factors diminished the association. No significant association was found comparing twin pairs discordant for PTSD. In conclusion, PTSD was prospectively associated with a 40% increased risk of new-onset type-2 diabetes which was partially explained by a cluster of metabolic and behavioral risk factors known to influence insulin resistance. Shared biological or behavioral precursors which occur within families may lead to both PTSD and insulin resistance/diabetes. Thus, PTSD could be a marker of neuroendocrine and metabolic dysregulation which may lead to type-2 diabetes.

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Did Hitler have PTSD genes?

First let us identify some of the genes involved. From the Wiki.

Many genes impact the limbic-frontal neurocircuitry as a result of its complexity. The main effect of the D2A1 allele of the dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) gene has a strong association with the diagnosis of PTSD. The D2A1 allele has also shown a significant association to PTSD in those having engaged in harmful drinking. In addition, a polymorphism in the dopamine transporter SLC6A3 gene has a significant association with chronic PTSD.

With regards to alcohol - it may not be a promoter but a symptom of stronger effects. Alcohol consumtion releases endorphins (the body's heroin).

Now about Hitler's genes. National Library of Medicine - Hypothesizing Molecular Genetics of the Holocaust: Were Dopaminergic Genes Involved or Brain Washing?

Numerous studies indicated that the prevalence of certain alleles of the dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) vary across different ethnic groups. Under adverse environmental conditions, these alleles can increase the risk of developing psychiatric symptoms. Thus, we hypothesized that the prevalence of the DRD2 gene Taq IA allele may serve to explain the horrific behaviours practiced by the Nazi regime. Hitler’s ‘Brain Washing’ methods goaded his followers to carry out genocide at a time when carriers of the DRD2TaqIA allele (the so called ‘aggressive--genotype’) were significantly higher among the Aryan Germans compared to resident German Jews. It would be of interest, to genotype the Jewish Holocaust survivors, to determine whether those with the Taq AI allele survived in greater numbers. The hypothesis being that, greater survival may result in enhanced frequency of not only the DRD2AI allele but other reward gene polymorphisms among survivors. Understanding the molecular genetics of any population in terms of reward dependence and subsequent behaviours will be most beneficial in future human interaction whether negative (war) or positive (peace) in nature.

So nothing directly about Hitler's genes. Just his accomplices. There is no doubt he had PTSD. You can tell from the anger. He was not at peace.

To bring world peace, don't put people with active PTSD (like Stalin, Hitler, their accomplices) in positions of power. The Role of PTSD in History.











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Prisons Are Full of Abused Children

No one dares say it out loud.

It does not mean we should let them all out at once. Or at all (except when they finish their sentences). It means we can deal with root causes.

If we do good we can empty the prisons over time.








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Pinball Wizard

I used to have a pinball/juke box route as a kid. I started at 15 and did it for 3 summers working for Joe Rothkup and Bob his tech guy. Late 50s. Fixed the machines. Collected the money. Paid the establishments. Got real good at the silver ball. When I worked at Seeburg as a contractor years later computerizing their juke boxes they had a Williams (coulda been a Gottlieb) in the break room. I mostly beat their best guy. We liked each other but he was always irked when he lost. Love this song.








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For My 80th - World Peace

To bring world peace, don't put people with active PTSD (like Stalin, Hitler) in office.

Look up - "The Role of PTSD in History" Power and Control

https://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-role-of-ptsd-in-history.html

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Peace in Ukraine

Anyone contemplating Peace in Ukraine must take into account Putin's plan for a Soviet Reunion..

Russian President Vladimir Putin has never hidden his nostalgia for the days of the Soviet Union. He worked as a spy at the KGB, lamented the end of communism, restored lyrics chosen by former Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin to the Russian national anthem, and marshaled Soviet-style military parades in Moscow. He's even restarted a national fitness program founded by Stalin.

The program, which began in the 1930s, would "pay homage to our national historical traditions," Putin said in March.

His most direct praise of the old Soviet Union came in 2005, when he shocked the west in a speech to the Russian people. He told them that the end of the USSR was essentially a mistake.

His Feb 2022 "Historical Russia" speech just before the invasion is more of the same.

There are hints Poland is next.


Update: 8 Sept. 2024 1711z

Article by Vladimir Putin ”On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians“ July 12, 2021 17:00


Update: 26 Sept. 2024 0909z

America First did not automatically oppose German Imperialism. A World War followed.

America First does not automatically oppose Russian Imperialism. We will see what follows.

Poland is rearming. Germany is considering it. Maybe they know something.

The very same inanity that preceded WW2 is happening now.
"America can stay out of it."
"It is Europe's Problem."
"We will not send American boys to die for Czechoslovakia."


Update: 14 Nov. 2024 1938z

There are rumors that the to be nominated Secrataries of State and Defense oppose supporting Ukraine. Let me ask a question of our establishment that should have been asked of Germany and in fact also Russia in 1938. Have they given up their ambitions? Has Russia given up its ambitions in 2024? Possibly you may wish to consult with our Polish allies who are upping their defense spending considerably. They are not seeing peace in their future.















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Hitler Youth at the DNC

Israpundit has the news: Jewish delegates at the DNC have to meet in hiding

Peloni: The fact that any American Jew would submit to such requirements as meeting in secret to demonstrate their affiliation with an organization, whose brute squads are the cause for them to have to hide in the first place, demonstrates a serious pathology of the mind. This example of Stockholm Syndrome is very sad, very troubling, and yet, very revealing. I hope that the majority of American Jews take the fact of this matter to heart, and realize that the Democratic party, which they seem to believe defines them, has no interest in providing them with safety, liberty, nor equality, all of which are the basis for which govt is intended to exist, and for ALL Americans.

Update: 23 August 2024 1024z

The article at Israpundit originally appeared in Front Page Magazine - Fear and Brisket for Jews at the DNC

“After 50 years fighting antisemitism in America, I could not have imagined a time -Jews would have to meet in secret locations in Chicago at DNC,” former ADL leader Abe Foxman tweeted.

Update: 23 August 2024 1424z

The Jerusalem Post has an article: Exposing the vile antisemitism of the 'Pro-Palestinian' activists

It’s almost impossible to find a “pro-Palestinian” rally that isn’t drenched in antisemitic rhetoric, anti-Jewish venom, or stereotypical tropes. They chant “from the river to the sea”, which means the complete annihilation of the Jewish state. They have called on Hamas and Hezbollah to inflict more death and destruction on Jews living in Israel. They have called for violence against Jews in the diaspora. These rallies clearly reveal a veiled antisemitism under the guise of being "pro-Palestine."

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Unconventional

Victor Davis Hanson is discussing Trump's media strategy. He thinks Trump is being out played. I'm not seeing it that way.

Victor does not understand the current media environment. Trump's is not a conventional media strategy. The Ds depend on the Big Five. Trump is going with hundreds of little guys. Given the five are bleeding to death - he is the future. The word on Kamala/Walz is getting out. Not in ads but in commentary videos. He has hundreds of voices. Benny Johnson talked of meetings with Trump. No one is covering this aspect.








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Words To Live By

Make it make sense?

"Make" and "sense" only have "e" in common. So you can't make "sense" out of "make".

And you can't make "sense" out of "it" at all.








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Don't Vote For Her

Let us get unburdened from the has been.











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"Potential for Abuse"

"Potential for Abuse" is one of the ways drugs are categorized for legal purposes. The underlying assumption is that drugs cause addiction depending on their "abuse potential". This is not medically possible. Let me explain:

American Medical Schools teach addiction is a symptom of PTSD. Dr. Lonny Shavelson in his book "Heroin" said that 70% of female heroin addicts had been sexually abused in childhood.
Drugs fill receptors. What empties receptors (injury, PTSD) causes a desire for drugs. Drugs CAN'T cause addiction. Pass it on. (The DEA is currently selling 'Habituation" as 'addiction'. They are different. Detox fixes Habituation. It does not fix addiction.)

More simply: People in chronic pain chronically take pain relievers. Hard to believe, isn't it?

The drugs used depend on the level of pain, not the 'abuse potential'. There are more details on drugs and addiction at "Better Proof - The Government Is Lying About DRUGS".

Receptor theory is over 100 years old. I knew enough about endorphin receptors 50 years ago to write what I have currently written on the subject of receptors and 'addiction', had I just given it some thought.

The current method of classifying drugs "of abuse" for purposes of law is incorrect. Since drugs don't cause 'addiction' (pain does) drugs can't have an addiction potential. Or given the laws currently in effect the number is zero for ALL drugs.

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You may like another article I wrote about bad drug law -- A Black Trump supporter at the May 23, 2024 Bronx rally called for an end to Systemic Racism.










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Blacks Are Victims of Lawfare

It is why Blacks are flocking to Trump. The Lawfare they are victims of is Nixon's War On Blacks - the Nixon Drug War. It is one of the last vestiges of systemic racism still functioning.

"Look, we understood we couldn't make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the United States, but we could criminalize their common pleasure. We understood that drugs were not the health problem we were making them out to be, but it was such a perfect issue...that we couldn't resist it."

- John Ehrlichman, White House counsel to President Nixon on the rationale of the War on Drugs.

"[Nixon] emphasized that you have to face the fact that the whole problem is really the blacks" Haldeman, his Chief of Staff wrote, "The key is to devise a system that recognizes this while not appearing to."

- http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/18/us/haldeman-diary-shows-nixon-was-wary-of-blacks-and-jews.html

And now you know why persecuted Blacks are backing Trump. They have seen Lawfare up close and personal.

Trump will owe them. He has known their issue for over 30 years. The Drug War. He now has a reason in addition to his others to bring the people it finances down. And the backing to do it.

"We're losing badly the war on drugs," he said. "You have to legalize drugs to win that war. You have to take the profit away from these drug czars." - Donald Trump at the Miami Herald 1990 Company of the Year Awards Luncheon

But things are even worse than that. "Drugs cause addiction" is a biologically false statement. Biologically drugs CAN'T cause addiction. A short discussion of the biology in simple layman's terms: Better Proof - The Government Is Lying About DRUGS

The tldr; version ==>

Drugs fill receptors.
Injury empties receptors. PTSD empties receptors.
Empty receptors are painful.
Filling empty receptors makes you feel good.
Empty receptors create a desire for drugs.
Drugs can not create a desire for drugs.

Think of all the Government Agencies dependent on the Drug War. It is very expensive.

Drugs fill receptors. What empties receptors (injury, PTSD) causes a desire for drugs. Drugs CAN'T cause addiction. Pass it on.

If they can get you to ask the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers. - Thomas Pynchon.

Update: 24 May 2024 10:56z

Systemic Racisn gets a mention starting at 53 seconds in to the video.



Update: 24 May 2024 19:55z

I have been writing about Systemic Racism for a while. Here is a post I did featurig Matthew Fogg - Blacks In Government: End Drug Prohibition from 2011.

In this video Matt Fogg, a Black DEA agent, explains Drug War Racism policy. And yes. Racism is DEA policy. Matt does introductions for the first minute and a half of the video.

And you also have Joe Biden, the architect of the racist 1994 Crime Bill. People who prefered crack cocaine over powder (Blacks) got punished 100 times more. Congress later reduced that to only 18 times the punishment. Prison quotas need to be maintained.

Update: 25 May 2024 11:45z

I added - Drugs fill receptors. What empties receptors (injury, PTSD) causes a desire for drugs. Drugs CAN'T cause addiction. Pass it on.

Putting so many Black men in prison has ruined the Black family. Which was Nixon's intention. No fathers for Black kids. - 13:25z

I just posted (19 June 2024) - "Potential for Abuse" - about one way Drugs are classified.











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Lawfare Wants an Acquittal

I believe the "Hush Money trial" zeitgeist has changed. The judge today denied a critical prosecution objection At about 11:40 of the video. "Was Davidson extorting Trump" - ordinarily that is an easy "sustained". It was overruled. I think the calculus has changed from "get Trump convicted" to "get Trump away from the cameras".

Here is my thinking: A conviction will require sentencing. The Democrat operatives are now desperate to avoid the bump in the polls that would give Trump. No more 3 times a day press conferences. No more Congressional delegations backing Trump. No appeals - to remind people of the disaster. Shut it down. He can't give a directed verdict - that makes the sham way too obvious. What is left? Jury instructions for the judge. No more witnesses for the prosecution. Costello (Cohen's former lawyer) will be allowed for the defense. The cross examination of Costello will be weak.

i.e. they are on the horns of a dilemma FJB if they do, FJB if they don't. But mainly - stop giving Trump all that free publicity. The trial is over. Totally.

The jury instructions will be key. Who do they favor?

Update: 1 June 2024 0226z

Guilty on all 34 counts and Trump and his supporters are energized. I think we will see a significant boost in the polls by Monday or Tuesday.






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4/20 2024

Since I have been writing so much about Drugs lately, I thought a 4/20 recap of some of my most interesing posts might be in order. At the top of the list is:
Better Proof - The Government Is Lying About DRUGS. A short discussion of the biology of the endorphin system in layman's terms.

Alcohol consumption releases endorphins. All drugs of 'abuse' including cannabis release dopamine.

Donald Trump is a Christian of the Highest Order. He says, "Legalize".

My theory of Civilization. Also, I come out as a former abused child.

Social Problems Caused by Child Abuse

Child Abuse Created Socialism and Modern Feminism

Why Politics Attracts the Mentally Ill

The Role of PTSD in History

October 7th - We are fighting a mental illness
- this has guided my writing for the last 5 months.








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Better Proof - The Government Is Lying About DRUGS

The following discussion is for the endorphin system, whose receptors accept endorphins, opiates, and indirectly alcohol. However there are other routes to dopamine production. But the drugs we have the most trouble with are opiates and alcohol so to keep things simple I'll focus on those.

When it comes to the endorphin system the normal human condition is for the system to have some empty receptors. If the system has all full receptors it grows more. The DEA calls this growth of receptors "addiction". It is not. But we will get to that in a bit. The receptors in the endorphin system are called pain receptors because when enough receptors are empty you feel pain. But it is a continum from bliss - all receptors full, to extreme pain - all receptors empty. The normal human condition is some empty receptors - mild depression - so you can tell if something good happens. More receptors empy causes discomfort and depression. Do something! Then heavy depression. Then pain followed by screaming pain. Do something RIGHT NOW!!! Pain is a continum. And in that vein fillng an empty pain receptor reduces pain - even if it feels like something else (depression).

PTSD is a disorder that amonts to a continuous leak to the endorphin system. The initial trauma can last a lifetime and that means the receptor leak can be long lasting as well. What do people do who feel depressed? They look for relief. People in chronic pain (empty receptors) chronically take pain relievers (opiates, alcohol). Addiction is not caused by drugs. It is caused by pain. What is caused by drugs is Habituation. If you keep your receptors full by continuous drug taking your body will grow more. But that takes weeks and months. Empty receptors is much faster: milliseconds to minutes for the initial trauma and then hours, days, or weeks for the PTSD leak to have an effect. I do have an example.

Dr. Lonny Shavelson found that 70% of female heroin addicts had been sexually abused in childhood.

Drugs fill receptors.
Injury empties receptors. PTSD empties receptors.
Empty receptors are painful.
Filling empty receptors makes you feel good.
Empty receptors create a desire for drugs.
Drugs can not create a desire for drugs.

In America we have a pain problem. A problem with long term pain (PTSD). A problem with child abuse. A problem with soldier and civilian trauma (PTSD). We don't have a Drug problem. That, like Alcohol Prohibition, is a Government caused problem. Denying pain relief is not viable politically or socially or even morally. People will go to great lenghts including defying government to get pain relief.

Other drugs of abuse seem to work similarly but have different pathways. They all affect the dopamine system ultimately.

If you liked this you may like Proof - The Government Is Lying About DRUGS

Donald Trump is a Christian of the Highest Order. He says "Legalize". Which will stop the current abuse of formerly Abused Children.

Addiction, a medical condition, is a crime in America.

Social Problems Caused by Child Abuse.


People in chronic pain chronically take pain relievers. - This is a crime if your pain is not authorized.



Update: 18 April 2024 - 2209z

I just found this CNN news clip from 2021 : Biden administration drug czar says it’s time to treat drug addiction like a chronic disease.


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A better popular understanding of the biology will help end the war on people in pain. Please pass this around. Help end the persecutions.













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Alcohol consumption releases endorphins

Alcohol consumption releases endorphins

Alcohol exerts numerous pharmacological effects through its interaction with various neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. Among the latter, the endogenous opioids play a key role in the rewarding (addictive) properties of ethanol.

Does regular drinking make you a heroin addict?


The Body's Own Morphine - Endorphins


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Better Proof - The Government Is Lying About DRUGS

Update: 14 April 2024 1430z

It turns out that through different pathways cannabis has the same reward mechanism as alcohol and heroin - dopamine.

Increases in mesolimbic dopamine transmission are observed when animals are treated with all known drugs of abuse, including cannabis, and to conditioned stimuli predicting their availability. In contrast, decreases in mesolimbic dopamine function are observed during drug withdrawal, including cannabis-withdrawal syndrome. Thus, despite general misconceptions that cannabis is unique from other drugs of abuse, cannabis exerts identical effects on the mesolimbic dopamine system.

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Proof - The Government Is Lying About DRUGS

Drugs fill receptors.
Pain empties receptors. PTSD empties receptors.
Filling empty receptors makes you feel good.
Empty receptors create a desire for drugs.
Drugs can not create a desire for drugs.

Currently, if obvious pain inducers (a wound, xray images of damage, history of a wound) causes your pain you can be prescribed drugs for the duratoion of your pain as long as the pain does not last too long. If your pain lasts too long you might be an addict, and for addicts pain relief is not allowed. Because sometimes the pain never ends and using drugs for never ening pain is bad. You could be an addict. And addicts are bad because addiction is bad. Drugs, don't you know? There is nothing wrong with doing bad things to bad people. Denying them pain relief say. Or putting them in jail if they disregard the limits (zero) on their pain relief.

If your pain comes from PTSD drugs are not allowed. You might be faking it and just using the drugs for a good time. But drugs are only a good time if your receptors are empty. If your receptors are full they have no effect other than physiological (breathing, digestion, etc.). And if your receptors are empty you are in pain. Because they are the same receptors.

So not only is it impossible for drugs to cause addiction, there are no such things as recreational drug users. The 'recreation' is pain relief.

The topper for all this? Alcohol is a drug used for pain in America without remark. We gave up persecuting alcohol addicts over 90 years ago. But we make no effort to switch them to safer drugs. We don't want no more stinkin drug addicts, do we?

My prescription? Stop making criminals out of people in pain.


Update: 14 April 2024 1043z

Evidently we already have more stinkin drug addicts than originally imagined. Alcohol consumption releases endorphins.


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Dennis Peron once said something to the effect of "All use is medical use." - Looks like it, doesn't it?


Better Proof - The Government Is Lying About DRUGS










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