One commander she spoke with said his guys were starting to develop that thousand-yard stare. That's war lingo "for dead in the eyes" — for people who have seen too much and have little stomach ...

It inspired the phrase “thousand yard stare,” which references a blank stare that usually results from a form of traumatization. The Thomas Lea painting was first featured in LIFE Magazine in ...

What is the "1000 Yard Stare"? Often linked to soldiers and those who’ve endured intense experiences, it’s a powerful symbol of trauma and survival. ‘We’re Just a Little Hurt’—Canadian ...

Minneapolis police officers Dustin Schwarze and Mark Ringgenberg described the unarmed Jamar Clark as having a “thousand yard stare” and “this really weird stare,” respectively ...

He seemed stunned, uncertain for once. And the haunted look in his eyes reminded me of what soldiers in Vietnam used to call the thousand-yard stare–the paralytic shock that comes from seeing ...