On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 18:05:39 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-07-23 3:27 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:01:38 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>
>>> I don't mean to discount the trauma of someone caught in a fire, injured
>>> in an explosion or raped. I provided a real life example of someone who
>>> was in a support position at a base, who never saw combat, who was never
>>> targetted by bullets of explosions, but who claims to have been
>>> traumatized by seeing other people coming back dead or wounded. There
>>> have also been cases of people claiming to have it because they were
>>> sexually harassed in the workplace.
>>
>> Maybe I read more into your comment than you meant. PTSD is real. I
>> understand your meaning regarding military who have suffered and I
>> don't mean to minimize their service or sacrifice. However there are
>> many people who suffer the very real symptoms who have not served.
>
>Some people just aren't very good at coping. We have a syndrome that
>was recognized as a result of the trauma suffered by soldiers in combat
>that is now being applied in cases of people who just can't cope.
>
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You are not privy to everything that goes on with someone who has PTSD
and for you to make judgments is pretty awful. People with
disabilities often are ashamed and hide what goes on with them and
seek to trivialize their misery. Doctors don't give out PTSD like
lollies to every patient who walks through the door.