I never hold much truck with people like Dr. Phil. Too many pat answers to difficuly issues, too much cliche-ridden BS. Well he has shown his true colors with an asinine display of ignorance and disinformation about PTSD. He portrays those with PTSD as violent and dangerous as opposed to noting that among those who suffer from PTSD are some violent and dangerous jackasses. As a matter of fact among the genral population of young military age males who have never been to war there are just as many violent and dangerous jackasses.But it is more fun to smear the military and veterans so Phil piles on. Cassy destroys him here (autoplay video, so mute if at work). PTSD: civilians just love to paint veterans as riddled with this disease, causing them to become violent, unhinged lunatics who will explode at the slightest provocation. Look at just about any news story where a violent crime is committed by a veteran, and PTSD is almost immediately floated as the reason. In the media narrative, violence and PTSD go hand-in-hand. At the same time, troops are criticized for not coming forward and admitting they have a problem, and seeking help for it. (Gee, could it possibly be because we paint veterans with PTSD as homicidal lunatics?)..... I’m curious if Dr. Phil honestly thinks it’s helpful to paint such a negative, violent picture of veterans struggling with PTSD. I would wager he doesn’t care at all about how this affects our military. Because if he did, this show wouldn’t have existed. What he has done is continue to spread a false and harmful narrative about our troops, which spreads the stigma associated with PTSD even further. And what does that do? It encourages veterans who are struggling with symptoms of PTSD to become even more reluctant to come forward and seek help. Why would they? They’re being told that they’re monsters, damaged goods, violent abusive lunatics. While Dr. Phil is by no means the only perpetrator, this is by far the worst example I have seen in the media.
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Apr 20 2012, 01:12 AM
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