l not -l wrote:
> On 23-Jul-2018, U.S. Janet B. > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 21:27:21 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 23-Jul-2018, "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Monday, July 23, 2018 at 8:29:29 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> you must mean PCBT (post concussive brain trauma) Because PTSD is
>>>>> Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Because I know you don't mean to
>>>>> discount the trauma of someone who was caught in a fire, a horrific
>>>>> car accident, was raped or had similar life-changing circumstances.
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>> Lots of people believe that PTSD is a lot of hooey. All I know is
>>>> something
>>>> serious is causing war vets to kill themselves or feel that they are no
>>>> longer fit to live among other people and choose to live up in the
>>>> hills
>>>> of
>>>> Honolulu. The only consideration that a lot of these poor souls get is
>>>> disdain from non-believers.
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> I think that only those who have never been in that situation tend to
>>>> poo
>>>> poo it!!
>>>>
>>>> They really ought to try it out for them selves !!!
>>>>
>>>> ((
>>> Sometimes, those who serve also poo poo it. I was one of those. I was a
>>> combat medic in Vietnam and have been attending reunions with a number of
>>> the men I served with, about a dozen reunions over the past 15 years.
>>> Most
>>> of the others that attend have been diagnosed with some level of PTSD and
>>> are receiving, or have received, treatment for it. I served right along
>>> side these guys and have none of the symptoms of PTSD; I thought they
>>> were
>>> taking advantage of the VA and getting varying levels of disability
>>> payments
>>> unwarranted. Then, one of them wrote a book and recounted many events in
>>> which we were side by side and he outlined how those events effected him
>>> and
>>> I realized the same event from different perspectives can be traumatizing
>>> or
>>> not. Many conversations with these guy later, I came to understand that,
>>> though we were side by side, our wars, and our personalities, were often
>>> quite different. In fact, those personality differences may account for
>>> why
>>> the Army made them infantrymen and made me a corpsman; we saw situations
>>> differently and were effected in different ways. Neither perspective was
>>> right or wrong, merely different, with differing impacts.
>>>
>>> If anyone is interested in one of those perspectives on PTSD, read A
>>> Never-Ending Battle: A Soldier's Ongoing Struggle With Combat PTSD by
>>> Sgt.
>>> Howard B. Patrick The Kindle version is available at no charge on
>>> Amazon.
>>
>> Only available with Kindle Unlimited for $0.0
> Ooops, I guess that is something special! Sorry, I'm not an Amazonian so
> don't know the difference between there various buzzwords. I was basing my
> price info on a message Howard sent a while back saying it was a free
> download. I guess he assumed everyone was more committed to Amazon than I
> am.
>
> I haven't bought anything from Amazon in the past few years. Whenever I
> shop for things, I always find the items I want are lower priced at
> Walmart.com or on eBay.
>

Yep, amazon is often higher priced for many things. Only occasionally do
I buy from them.

BTW, I was also a medic during vietnam. I don't have PTSD, but had some
patients that were obviously badly affected. It's real.

I can still vividly remember some of them after all these years.