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Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)

If you read up on PTSD... it will become clear how it was part of Patrick Jane’s character DNA. Bruno did such a good job of building it into this character that it was subtle and accurate.

The symptoms:

- insomnia

- exhaustion

- sleeping during the day

- coping mechanisms: tea drinking, running in the face of fear, latching on to Lisbon

- emotional avoidance

- avoidance of meaningful relationships

- keeping to himself

- difficulty trusting - even Lisbon sometimes- but he overcomes it in some instances

- running away from intense emotions (avoidance of his feelings for Lisbon, running when Vega died)

- wanting Lisbon by his side when he returned to the states - people with PTSD usually seek safety with one or two people they trust.

And the other amazing part is how Lisbon deals with it. We could perceive her as a doormat for Jane sometimes, but mostly she was empathetic and forgiving of his behaviour because she would have been trained to deal with employees with PTSD as all managers in law enforcement. The gentle way she talks to him in season 7 is proof of that. Even after he leaves after Vega’s death and she has to track him down. She’s firm, but gentle with him.

6x22 - Blue Bird

Say it again.

Well, I can’t resist, sorry :) I just need the whole set from all the viewing angles we’ve got so far!

This is so shocking to me, as this might be one of the biggest events in human history.

I wanted to share my photos from my trip to Poland, where there used to live the biggest Jewish community, a community that today is nonexistent.

The 'grave' of the famous teacher Janusz Korczak, who said he prefers to die with his orphanage children when given a chance to escape the death camp:

A famous synagogue, that is now a museum due to lack of Jewish people that can operate it:

Auschwitz, 2014, after the nazis made sure to hide the existence of the death camp back when they left it:

Real suitcases of Jewish people who got to Auschwitz, most of them probably died in a gas chamber moments after they gave away their belongings:

(At this point we were asked to not take any pictures, so I can't show you the hair art the nazis made out of Jewish hair)

As part of a ceremony we did, we created a small monument with peace and remembrance in our minds. Mine is a growing tree with roots, to show how we grow using our history as guidance:

Today we have names of 3 million Jews who died in the holocaust, documented by friends and families. The other 3 million are unknown, because there was no one to remember them- their entire family and friends circle died with them.

I have my own family story, and my own grandfather is a holocaust survivor. It's hard to find Jewish people who don't have a holocaust story to tell because every single Jewish person has some connection to a descendant of a holocaust survivor, or is himself a descendant of a holocaust survivor.

There are 6 million Jewish people living in Israel today. Around 75 years after the holocaust. You do the math.

Please, remember this event. Please, don't downplay it. This is not another illuminati conspiracy. This is history, it has evidence, and if we don't learn from it we will get there again in no time.

There is a room, the size of a tennis court, filled with hair that was shaved off people. Another similar sized room full of glasses that were confiscated. These are just the ones that weren't repurposed by the Nazis. Think how small a pair of glasses is. How small a head full of hair is. Now imagine a tennis court filled waist deep with these things. Imagine how many thousands of people that represents.

We saw Tallits, the prayers shawls that adult Jewish men wear that had been confiscated and turned into blankets for Nazi soldiers. We saw the Book of Names which contains the names of the 4.2 million Holocaust victims that we know by name. The other six million or so are lost to us. It's anywhere between 8 to 12 feet long and it contains for each person their name, the date and place of their birth, and if it is known the date and place of their death. If you know of a specific person who was lost to the Holocaust you can find their entry in the Book of Names. For many of the 4.2 million the Book is their only memorial.

When people tell you that birds do not sing in Auschwitz it is not hyperbole. The place is silent except for the sound of footsteps on gravel and the hushed tones of the incredibly thoughtful and compassionate tour guides who lead you through the site.

The entire time we were there we were about 10 minutes behind a Jewish high school group in bright blue hoodies. Blue and white was consistently the only splash of colour you would see in the entire place.

One by one our tour group broke down as we moved around the site. Several of us cried again spontaneously at dinner, just trying to process how you can calmly and methodically do that to 11 million human beings.

In the process of writing this I've been on the phone with my mother and I have asked her if she remembers me going to Poland. She says I came back a different person and that it took the best part of two months for those of us who went there to emerge from the strange grief that we brought back with us.

That was from a single day in that place now that it's a museum.

Now imagine surviving it.

Sadly, the American education system is failing to educate our young folks properly, I believe especially in the last 25 years or so. It is troubling to see posts on this site and others like Twitter and Reddit by people that display a significant lack of knowledge about World History and American History and even basic civics.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

*RARE* John Denver & Johnny Cash - Take Me Home Country Roads

I’ve long sensed a bit of a swell of anonymous appreciation for our ultimate OTP to cheat, whether it be on each other or on someone else. 

This list desperately tries to fill that need for something illicit when you’re lacking something from your regular fic.  I won’t tell if you don’t.  But I think you know where your heart truly lies.