My husband married me 7 years ago. Prior to that for years he bounced from place to place and job to job, no one ever lived with him long. Why? He would not complain if he had a nail sticking out of his head. He had nightmares every night for years. I won't go into the whole thing, but I will say that I got him the help and he is much better, but it burns me up that these posers in many cases are getting 100%.
To me it's not the money. The Army sent him back damaged, they should have fixed him. Course had they fixed him, he would not have been available to meet me most likely. But I know some of this 100% is BS, from an inside source.
I stand with President Bush on the issue of “PTSD”... Dubya insists upon dropping the word “Disorder” from the phrase, and insists that people start recognizing it as a condition that is actually an injury.
“Disorder” brings a stigma, like there is something “wrong” with the sufferer... when perhaps the problem is that someone is expecting to be able to bear the sudden change from being effectively abandoned in a hostile, dangerous environment to one at home... of no expectations, ambivalence, and casual disconnectedness.
It sucks coming home from war, and not having anyone to relate to.