Thank You De!
I enjoy Ken Burns' work immensely. I own everything he has written and read it all. His documentaries such as this normally are very accurate.
I almost cannot bring myself to watch this series. Too close to home for me and I do not care to re-dig up a lot of memories I had put behind me some time ago...
It's really kind of interesting on a personal level, at least for myself as I do not speak for Ribit, that to have been there in the middle of it and only God allowed me to survive it, and then to come home and go to school, get employed and attend evening classes, marry and have children, that I have suppressed a lot of distant memories and sometimes, when some of them start to awaken, it creates some inner imbalance.
I think that is what happened to me when I was hit by the semi in 2014 and almost pushed off the bridge. I believe a lot of suppressed memories of the not so pretty images of war and battle were somehow renewed in my mind and allowed to affect my nervous system and psyche.
The great news is I am over that and have not had any recurrences in about six months. No meds of any kind either.
I do not know if I can re-visit emotionally that time without being affected and consequently, I do not believe I want to take that chance.. Therein is the quandary for me as I love so much Ken Burns' series on the Civil War that I am torn... But it is probably better for myself only that I don't. Some memories are simply better left in the distant past...
Thank you kindly though for your thoughtfulness.
I do hope everyone who watches it learns some things and can enjoy his great work.
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