With the object failure of the recent missile launch of North Korea, one has to wonder if maybe, just maybe, this country will consider some modernization and help their own people.  The sad state of North Korea is what some may say,  a symbolic gesture of the de-facto end of communism.  Well, maybe.  Or it may reveal something deeper collectively about the psychology of North Koreans in general.

It is quite possibly, the entire nation of North Korean’s have Acute Stress Disorder or ASD.  This explanation may sound absurd initIally, but a closer examination will reveal some alarming similarities.  ASD is defined as follows; “Acute stress disorder (ASD) is a mental disorder that can occur in the first month following a trauma. The symptoms that define ASD overlap with those for PTSD. One difference, though, is that a PTSD diagnosis cannot be given until symptoms have lasted for one month. Also, compared to PTSD, ASD is more likely to involve feelings such as not knowing where you are, or feeling as if you are outside of your body.”

Does this not offer some explanation to the insanity that is North Korea?  In almost every country that has overtly obvious governmental issues, even one’s involving dictatorships, a rival or even an underground movement of opposition lurks.  Hell, even the Nazis had somewhat legitimate opponents.  But in north Korea, we hear of none.  Nothing, I can’t even find anything in history that even hints at an opposition party. ……READ MORE“