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Originally Posted by hepkatmama  despite what your buddies & commanding officers told you about the shame of PTSD, that was wishful thinking on their part. tough strong men come home unsettled emotionally from (1) being shot at (2) killing other humans. i'm not saying they don't come to grips with it in the warzone so that they can continue fighting. but sanctity of life is hard to ignore.
but u still feel the emotions, anger, loss, frustration. ptsd isn't just guys committing suicide or ending up in a straight jacket. ptsd causes vets to drink away the memories, alienate & abuse families and many times push their love ones so far away that they end up homeless. |
This. 1000 times this.
It must be noted that not all of the buddies and COs treat PTSD as a joke. The ones that have been around long enough and have seen it themselves know it's no bullshit. Part of the problem stems from the fact that a lot of Staff NCOs and junior officers (especially REMFs) haven't seen shit so they don't understand what others are going through.