The Thousand-Yard Stare. By Bootie Cosgrove-Mather. October 24, 2005 / 12:13 PM EDT / CBS This column was written by ...

The thousand yard stare meme, or the PTSD meme, is a reaction image born from a World War II painting by Thomas Lea, The 2,000-Yard Stare.

The thousand-yard stare can be simply defined as the unfocused gaze of someone who has seen too much. It’s a characteristic of those who have experienced war and combat zones and is most ...

Cheney’s Thousand-Yard Stare. 5 minute read. Joe Klein. February 18, 2006 12:00 AM EST.