In my experience as a Marine infantry combat veteran, I see an inverse correlation between actual combat experience and PTSD. In other words, those who saw the worst combat moved on the fight the next battles in their lives, while those who saw the least (or no close combat at all) climbed on the PTSD gravy train and chose to live in the past. Like most men who lived through it, I have grown up problems and darned poor hearing, but the experience made me a better person. Taxpayers don’t owe me a thing. Semper Fidelis...
You sound like someone I would respect. I got burned out on PTSD claims when I read about the guy that had never even left the states putting in for the gravy train.
I hear you. Thank you.
‘That was there, and this is here. That was then, and this is now’ has always been my attitude.
I was in combat up to my ears in RVN (1/1 CAV, Americal DIV), and I’m the biggest scaredy-cat I knew.
I’d never even thought about PTSD until it was made an issue after the war.
Counseling? No thanks. Don’t need it.