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PTSD is right up there with Phrenology.

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.