What Pete Blaber has said about Post-traumatic stress disorder
2 quotes · 1 episode · Apr 6, 2026
Pete Blaber, Retired U.S. Army Delta Force commander, author of The Mission, The Men, and Me and The Common Sense Way, later a biotech executive, has been quoted on Post-traumatic stress disorder 2 times in 1 episode of The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on April 6, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Blaber argues that psychological wounds from combat heal only through learning the truth and being supported by community.
“psychological wounds only heal with truth and community”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #294 Pete Blaber - Part 2: Delta Force Commander on Pablo Escobar, Takur Ghar, and Pat Tillman (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 9:01
Blaber says that of the roughly twenty Rangers he interviewed, most still had PTSD nearly twenty years later, and at least two remained suicidal.
“I think 20, a little over 20, still had PTSD from this event. At least two of them were still suicidal”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #294 Pete Blaber - Part 2: Delta Force Commander on Pablo Escobar, Takur Ghar, and Pat Tillman (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 7:50
Episodes
#294 Pete Blaber - Part 2: Delta Force Commander on Pablo Escobar, Takur Ghar, and Pat TillmanThe Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 6, 2026 · 6 h 60 min
Retired Delta Force commander Pete Blaber tells Shawn Ryan how toxic leadership caused Pat Tillman's death, and recounts the Iraq invasion's false intelligence.
Others on Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Chris Bayless · 2 quotes
- Kevin Ryan · 1 quote
- Tim Ferriss · 1 quote
- Jonathan Cohen · 1 quote
- Matt Damon · 1 quote
- Shawn Ryan · 1 quote
- Joe Rogan · 1 quote
- Devon Larratt · 1 quote
Pete Blaber on other topics
- Iraq War · 4 quotes
- Toxic leadership · 3 quotes
- Iraq and weapons of mass destruction · 2 quotes
- Military working dogs · 2 quotes
- Death of Pat Tillman · 2 quotes
- Wim Hof Method · 1 quote
- Triune brain · 1 quote
- Careers after military service · 1 quote