1/3 of US Returning Military Veterans Considered Mentally Unstable by the Government
The newest disorder being used as a reason to detain veterans is ODD or Oppositional Defiance Disorder. ODD is described as a mental disease wherein free thinkers, civil disobedience supporters, non-conformists, and those who question authority and are seen as being hostile toward the government are labeled mentally ill.
Psychiatrics claim that sufferers have “a recurrent pattern of negativistic, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior toward authority figures that persists for at least 6 months” which includes:
• Persistent stubbornness
• Resistance to directions
• Unwillingness to go along with the crowd
• Deliberately annoying others
• Testing limits by ignoring orders
These are the same besmirching comments placed upon vets in the late 60’s and early 70’s. I am not old enough to recall how the preditory goverment reacted to those returning from WW2 or Korea so I don’t know if this is a trend that began after Korea or not.
My advice to our esteemed leaders now and in the future, if you cannot abide by the knowledge that war is hell don’t send them off to fight in any wars if you are incapable of abiding by the affects they may have on them or plan to discriminate against them when they return from service.