PASP's Response to Associated Press's "PTSD is Real, PTSD Fraud is Not"
Department of Homeland Security. "They'd rather pay and chase."
Referring to whether or not, we combat veterans, would ever fucking run away from any trouble. Let me spell it out for you, you moron. The reason I have PTSD is because I never once acted on running away, it was 'do what needed to survive' and get the *** out. The situations I was in, had I done what the AP's article insinuates then I would be dead, fucking dead. Did you read that? They fucking dropped the "Dept. of Homeland Security name, really? What does homeland security have to with paying combat veterans service-connected disability?
It is tough to make people understand the mental feats that I have to accomplish within my head and then to have people look at me like I’m crazy is just maddening! Either way it is uncomfortable to be considered a malingerer when your sanity is closely escaping. Statistics have amassed enough for all to see that combat posttraumatic response levels are necessitating something be done now to safeguard what can become to define a generation.
In medicine, things are a bit different. Although doctors might use your self-reported symptoms as a starting point on how to diagnose the medical problem you present with, they can usually followup by ordering a series of laboratory tests to confirm their diagnosis. There is no equivalent for mental health concerns (although there are many paper-and-pencil psychological tests have very good validity when it comes to differential diagnoses; these, however, are rarely used in daily practice).
What really burns my ass if that we keep having to talk about these same issues. Is PTSD real (uh...yeah it haunts me most nights. Does your stupidity take a day off?)? Is it all in your head (Uh...yes. You should hope so)?
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May 18 2010, 05:13 PM
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PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective