[Paved Paradise]

My heart goes out to this man and I agree about the casual use of terms such as PTSD. We are truly butchering our ability to communicate with precision when we allow the media and others to water down what the true meaning is for certain things.

My uncle has PTSD - he was a green beret who fought in the early portion of Viet Nam - now in his 70s’s he suffers many health probs from Agent Orange plus the PTSD. He actually was strangling my aunt (his wife) once in his sleep and that was the beginning of separate bedrooms. He is the greatest guy and I love him dearly - it is an insult to his service and the high cost he paid to associate that scumbag at Hood with anything other than what he plainly is - an evil man with an evil ideology.

[oh8eleven]

My uncle has PTSD - he was a green beret who fought in the early portion of Viet Nam
I'm a former Marine, 'Nam vet, and I've had PTSD since day one. In fact, 99.9% of men in combat, or even just being in a combat zone, will have PTSD to some degree or another.
It might be loud noises that still bother us, or peering into the dark of night and wondering if "Charley" has set up an ambush. Whatever, you try your best to deal with it. Some need professional help, others don't.
Interesting that your uncle tried to strangle his wife in his sleep. I did the same thing, but it was just after returning to the US in 1968.