Inge Missmahl brings peace to the minds of Afghanistan

http://www.ted.com When German psychologist Inge Missmahl went to Afghanistan, she saw universal wounds of the human heart -- despair and trauma. She tackled this widespread depression with psychosocial counseling, and in return witnessed remarkable individual and social healing and new hope for families and communities.

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[aramian21]

Q: why US and UK troops are in Afghanistan?

A1: to control the trade of the opium.

A2: Afaghanistan has huge oil resources just discovered.

[subtilezaobvia]

People bitching in the comments is always entertaining... but how many of us have been to Afghanistan? Here we are sitting in our sofas, debating how to rule a country we don't know. In the meanwhile, it's people like Inge Missmahl that work relentlessly in the background, rebuilding a society brick by brick, actually collaborating with people on site. Talking to them and listening to them, changing from within, not imposing a 'way of life' with brute force. If only we listened more.

[crudhousefull]

No standing ovation for this great woman? Peace is the only thing worth spreading

[crudhousefull]

WHITE PEOPLE! PLEASE GET OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST!! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!

[andreeaweed]

The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

[ohBTW]

@miighankurt Your hate will not overpower my hope, optimism, and love. I'm not saying that this woman alone is going to change the entire world, but I think she is a very important person for many Afghani people. From what she tells us, she has helped a number of people which is great. Be happy for them, and hope she reaches more people.

And this is a video about Afghanistan, why bring in the anti-gay and anti-foreign hate speech?

Stand up for the love love love!

[miighankurt]

@ohBTW you are talking like Afghanistan is US or Canada and Afghans on welfare, you don't know anything about Afghanistan and are just talking nonsense. It's a place with no stable govt and a bunch of gay foreign troops shooting left and right and bullshit organizations supposedly helping Afghanistan rebuild and profiting from that and now this BS from this woman about psychology? Go get a reality check

[canuckartist]

A crushed people are a fertile ground for hate, violence and vengence. Easy recruiting grounds for extremist trouble makers. Peace only comes when hate fades, scars heal and people's attention is focused on the task of raising families and building of a better future. Dr. Inge Missmahl's project is undoubtedly one component among many that would be necessary to help transition the Afgan people to this more promissing future. The best thing is: she's training them to do it for themselves.

[jay19xxx]

@Mishkafofer There is no romance, learn your history. Cocaine is produced in South America and Heroin is produced in Afghanistan. During Taliban rule Heroin production was wiped out, since the start of the occupation it has reached heights that are unheard off all under the watch full eye of the coalition forces. You are adding embellishments to my statement, I do not believe a people to be noble, they are humans with the right to freedom and self governance just like you.

[Mishkafofer]

@jay19xxx You are romanticizing about Nobel mountain people when in fact they manufacturer most of the world Cocaine, Taliban is money come from drugs.