Boron Elgar wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 19:26:29 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> > On 2021-03-21 7:07 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> >> On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 12:35:42 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > them.
> > > > >
> >>> Everyone is jumping on the PTSD bandwagon these days. I think you
> can >>> now get it from opening the wrong end of a cereal box.
> >>
> >> You've never believed in PTSD so I'm not going to comment on that.
> My point is that psychotherapy is a booming business. My guess is
> that it'll be that way for a long time. I suppose smart folks could
> find that knowledge useful. >>
> >
> >
> > I never said that I did not belief in PTSD. I just think that they
> > bar has been dropped way, way too low in applying it. It started
> > off as shell shock, a combination of the terror and the exposure to
> > concussive forces experienced by WWI soldiers who had been exposed
> > to artillery bombardment. Now it is applied to all sorts of things
> > that I just can't imagine being as bad as what some of those guys
> > faced in combat. One example that caught my attention was one of
> > our soldiers who had spent some time in Khandahar. He was with a
> > service unit and spent his time in a secure compound that was never
> > under attack. He used to see other soldiers go out on patrol and
> > come back wounded and that led to his PTSD. To me, it sounds more
> > like home sickness.
> >
> > Bring back the days when troops were minimally trained and had to
> > learn only enough to do the drill routines that reinforced
> > following orders, feed them a lot of booze and send them at the
> > enemy.
>
>
> PTSD is not now, nor has it ever been limited to troops.
>
> Cutesy little intro to this review, but it makes it points.
>
> https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional...story_ptsd.asp

Interesting article. With no suprise at all, Don hits all of them. VA
does NOT give more than 10% for Vietnam era vets. Even years later.

52 years later, we still have a heavy LARGE coffee table we can both
fit under for the 4th of July. Just knowing it's there now, means it's
not used often.

PTSD in it's real form is brought on by real trauma. They aren't drama
queens at all. Can it be non-military? Yes. Patty Herst may have had
it. Had the lady in India who got her intestines pulled out in a rape
event would have, had she survived. You don't get the real thing from
watching a puppy cry of people go off to war.