Bandwagon and self victimization are alive and well in America. They span all races, religions, the sexes and national origin.
I'm sure if you'd go to some blog where they are more in touch with their “inner feelings” and have links to Oprah and the View you'd get better re-verb from your “belief” in these imaginary disorders.
“Oh, puleez, do give us your actual statistics !!! “ You say. Well, what I said is a fact and verifiable if you care check. The loss of a leg below the knee will give one a maximum disability of 40%, but for PTSD you have thousands diagnosed (based on some relative gibberish they tell a Psychologist) that are actually 100% disabled.
PTSD:
-A great cash cow for psychologists, something that expands the budget of the VA, a booming industry.
-The VETs cashing in on this ~6% that come out of the military won't complain about the extra cash in their pocket.
-Politicians and even to some degree the average citizen wants to “support the VETs” and no one wants to deprive them of the assistance they need, so like issues of race or religion there is a sensitivity regards this issue that prevents a rational dealing with it.
-To the left this was just another opportunity to highlight the horrible consequences of this war. To the left soldiers are only worth mentioning when they are victimized or bad mouth the mission and leadership. Any other time they will villinize the soldier as a blood thirsty savage. So the left jumped on this PTSD bandwagon as well a few years back.
The consequence: Vets with real trauma, real medical issues such as loss of extremities, severe burns over large parts of their body, disfigurement in the face, loss of hearing, equilibrium, eyesight are not given the full extent of care possible because we're diverting funds to these phantom diseases that are not really measurable, quantifiable nor even have any real coherent definition (i.e. sexual trauma, PTSD, etc).
Look, if someone wants to mooch or have a relative who does, it's technically difficult to prove and near impossible to go after them. You're not going to get in trouble by being a moocher, but don't try to tell us about the severe unimaginable pain and suffering and this horrible disease they're suffering from. If that were the case, everyone in chicken farm, slaughter house for pigs or cows, morticians at funeral home...... By the way, I took pictures of the dogs at BIAP munching down. A while later I took more pictures of the dogs munching on the bloated remains...... of “what” I won't say. lol
Here's the bottom line. You're a predatory animal and you need to be just for sustenance. You have depth perception (Stereo scopic vision), canine and incisor teeth..... Your body has a difficult time getting all the protein it needs on a Vegan diet. You are a carnivore and killing comes natural to us. In fact, it sort of feels good, but you have to be careful who you tell that too since we've become very gay as a society. Likewise, death is part of life so is risk, pain, fear......... Frankly, the “feelings” people talk about are natural and just like MOST kids put on Ritalin a few years back were diagnosed as ill, it's a fad and mostly based on junk science. Over time these feelings will fade, you come to realize that they are part of who you are and in a way make you stronger, not weaker. It's like the first time you hunted and shot a deer, boar....etc. You learn that “you” are king of the jungle. You, have taken life and are among the few that hunted the ultimate prey. You are the sheepdog that killed the wolf, and unlike most the sheep, you're the strong one.
Don't let the sheep define what strong and weak is.
Mate, if that’s what you have to tell yourself to be able to sleep at night, then so be it. Whether its some part of us that has changed since our ancestors or maybe modern society has us too far removed from the ‘real world’, I do not believe that we are meant to experience these sorts of things and not come away affected by them. To me, it is part of being a rational, moral human being that we get affected by witnessing these things. In previous wars, there was usually some sort of downtime between leaving combat and coming back to the real world. Time that the men could use to decompress and swap stories so that everyone knew they weren’t the only ones to see what they saw and feel what they felt. I think part of PTSD is the feeling that you are the only one that reacts this way to the events. Feeling like everyone else saw the same things or did the same things, but came away OK, even if they didn’t. Are there those who use this as an excuse to ‘get what’s mine’ fromt he system? Of course. You are painting with far too broad a brush, though. As far as waiting for the feelings to fade and realize that this is just what we are; well, maybe some of us want to be able to think better of ourselves. BTW, while I do see the VA for the pain in my back and leg that will be with me the rest of my life, I do not speak to them of the nightmares that awaken me or some of the things I still see when I close my eyes sometimes. That is my choice, though. I will never think less of someone who is MAN enough to admit they have an issue and seek treatment (and yes, that includes women).
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Scaired of being called “gay” if you have emotional problems?
............”You are a carnivore and killing comes natural to us. In fact, it sort of feels good, but you have to be careful who you tell that too since we’ve become very gay as a society.”
Guess you are still with the group that is terrified that any emotional or mental weakness must be a sign of cowardice or sexual problems. Methinks you doth protest too much!
I am glad you have no emotional problems and hope you never experience them. But if you ever do, or if any of your family has emotional or mental problems, I hope they get help from someone more helpful and compassionate than you are demonstrating now.