Bristol Palin Meyer and her extremely disturbing scene from her reality tv

[Ilsa]

Show, Teen Mom OG
She isn't a teen anymore, but she was when she had her first child.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/10/03/bristol-palins-first-episode-teen-mom-og-had-very-disturbing-scene/

Bristol said she knows that Dakota suffers from PTSD, but he takes his anxiety out on her and she can’t handle it — she doesn’t want her kids to think that’s what marriage looks like. Dakota responded that he feels terrible that he’s said some awful things but that he relives his servicemen dying in front of him every single day, and he wished Bristol could understand his pain.

“I’m a punching bag for everything that he goes through internally,” Bristol said, adding that she’s never sure whether his anger is the anxiety or just him being cruel.

"Well, I don’t know what’s PTSD or what’s not,” Dakota said, mocking Bristol’s tone. “Are you kidding me? You wonder why I go off the rails and why it gets amplified? And all I want you to do is love me and be there for my scars.”

The whole argument was tough to watch, and MTV promised there’s more to come. On the after-show, Bristol told viewers that Dakota has “sought out treatment, and he is taking steps to try to control [his anxiety] and to better himself.” And she explained why she wanted to show her life on television once again.

I hope something constructive and helpful can come out of this.

[GusBob]

1. "constructive and helpful" are usually not Palinesque words

whereas, "extremely disturbing" …….

[A HERETIC I AM]

17. "whereas, "extremely disturbing" ......."

is on their mailbox.

[samnsara]

2. i saw that clip on the ad for the show..those palin kids sure are a piece of work..

..I hope she gets the support she needs and he get the help he needs.

[hlthe2b]

3. Helpful? Sounds so exploitative that I can not imagine watching. It horrifies me but give Palin,

it does NOT surprise me.

[Ilsa]

4. It probably is exploitative. But I hope

someone might see chaos wreaked by PTSD. In fact, I hopemaybe people will understand that PTSD isn't just a war-related condition, and that it is a part of other traumas, like sexual assault.

[hlthe2b]

8. Uggh... This is my issue with "reality tv" and your optimism aside, the Palins are all in EVERYTHING

for the God Almighty $$... If you think they care about PTSD, then why haven't they gotten Track the help he so obviously needs? Or at least TRIED. Instead, they have covered for him repeatedly with the legal system and he's not likely to stop until he kills one of his "baby mamas".

Grifters are going to Grift off of all of our more generous and caring natures.

[janterry]

5. PTSD is not an excuse, nor is it static

Trauma responses are normative responses to abnormal situations. We can teach folks to cope with abreactions.

I really hate how PTSD is being described in the news/press (once that happens, you can never recover or - worse - their life is ruined.)

Sure, some folks feel like their trauma symptoms are insurmountable. And some folks live with abreactions for the rest of their life. But many learn techniques to deal with them - some feel quite complete in the world, even with the trauma ("I'm sorry that it happened, but it taught me to be more forgiving in the world, have more care for suffering, be more empathetic - or whatnot).

Recovery is possible.

Violence can never be rationalized via PTSD.

[backtoblue]

14. Thank you for posting this.

I have struggled with PTSD for a few years.

[jaysunb]

6. My grandson and his wife are golng through this.

It's hard for her to tell what's ptsd and what's just pure meaness.
It's very painful for all concerned, especially the children.

[Ilsa]

7. I hope they are getting the help they need.

[GemDigger]

9. It wouldn't surprise me if Bristol purposely pushed buttons or lit fire crackers in the back yard.

She is just as callous and selfish as her mother.

[Ilsa]

11. Yeah, I'm sure she wants him to

"Man up" and deal with it, on the advice of her ignorant parents.

[GemDigger]

13. That sounds about right.

[NastyRiffraff]

10. The entire sad, disgusting family is disfuncitonal

And no wonder. Look at their parents.

[boston bean]

12. Here name sound like a pharmaceutical company.

[FSogol]

15. LOL: Bristol Palin Meyer raised the price of dozens of popular cholesterol medications today....

[ProfessorGAC]

16. First Thing I Thought Too

I thought "Wait, her name is Bristol Meyer?" I know the company doesn't have the first "E" but a methed up family has a daughter who marries someone that turns her into a drug company is pretty funny!

[Ilsa]

18. I guess. Her husband is Dakota Meyer. I figured she took his name. nt

[Hekate]

19. The girl next door married her boyfriend just before he went to Vietnam...

I moved away for college and we weren't close anyway, but we caught up some years later when we both were in the old neighborhood for our respective Thanksgivings.

He was shockingly abusive when he came back -- came at her with a knife and slashed her arm badly. Went off the rails when she was doing childcare for others at their home and roared inside with the garden hose going full blast to soak the entire contents of her clothes closet. That's all I remember at a remove of almost 40 years.

He blamed his violence against her on his war experiences. She tried to heal him with patience and understanding -- until it was her life or his. Her own parents never got it: "Oh we just love Mike!" they would always say, implying she was somehow ultimately at fault.

She sought group therapy with other domestic abuse survivors at some point (before or after she left with the kids, don't remember) and said it was extremely helpful. I hope Bristol does the same.

I believe in treatment for PTSD. I don't believe in spouses hanging around to be human punching bags.