Travis Apgar Hidden Harm

Travis was hazed as a football player on two different campuses and also as a fraternity pledge. His teammates and brothers didn't know about his previous hazing experience or a traumatic event from his childhood which exponentially increased the harm caused by the hazing he endured. We often know very little about new members to our organizations - many students are dealing with issues we can't even imagine. Hazing can cause harm to even the healthiest individual, but can really hurt those with "baggage" of some type.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• athletics
• health
• hazing
• college
• post-traumatic
• stress

[ellisdrummond]

Most professionals would see his story as an illustration for the need of PTSD counseling. A trigger could be physical confrontation in the street, on a football field, verbal agressiveness from a coach, professor or boss, a misread situation with a police officer or something one witnesses.

Apgar asserts the solution to possible untreated dysfunction is to put aside the yardstick of reasonable expectation of reactions for a functional individual. That's neither healthy nor practical.

[ellisdrummond]

I have a serious problem with this. Travis is a great guy but he really should take time to consider his own inability to deal with personal issues in challenging environments rather than project his problems onto others as a student services professional. He describes a poignant story of his disproportionate reaction due to unresolved personal issues.

[GoldenDragon192]

I am proud of you Travis. Travis is my younger brother. we have lost touch and would like to contact him. If you get hold of him just tell him I am David Joseph