[lepton]

She caused upset to many military veterans and their families and friends when she claimed her PTSD from Twitter trolls was as bad as mental anguish suffered by those who do active duty.

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It can be....for those with no coping mechanisms. As can almost any perceived negative factor focused on obsessively. The thing is, if your coping mechanisms are so lacking, and your mental strength so frail...there is already something wrong with you.

This is different from the combat PTSD, which even people with strong wills and good coping mechanisms can still overwhelm.

Stress is stress, with potentially major physiological symptoms even if it is stupid...and can even cause retarded brain development. The problem is why it causes you significant stress to begin with.

[dfwgator]

This is different from the combat PTSD, which even people with strong wills and good coping mechanisms can still overwhelm. Stress is stress, with potentially major physiological symptoms even if it is stupid...and can even cause retarded brain development. The problem is why it causes you significant stress to begin with.

Yet another reason they still should call it "Shell Shock". Once they named it PTSD, they found other applications of the term, outside of combat.

[Albion Wilde]

It can be....for those with no coping mechanisms. As can almost any perceived negative factor focused on obsessively. The thing is, if your coping mechanisms are so lacking, and your mental strength so frail...there is already something wrong with you.

Not buying what you are selling. In fact, the idea that anyone would equate mere words with facing bombs and guns and watching your comrades die is obscene. Get a grip.