I have my doubts on PTSD being related or if the murderer even had it. He freaked out and violently attacked his track coach in high school. He served one tour in Afghanistan. What specifically happened which could cause PTSD? Or did he just have an ordinary tour and was already a borderline nutball? How is it that thousands of veterans that have PTSD don’t go on murderous rampages? Idiot reporters are smearing every veteran with this guy’s madness.
I know a gentleman who is a Vietnam vet who has severe PTSD. He’s not harmed a soul since he came back. Attempting to break into his house would be unwise in the extreme, but he would never dream of going out and doing something like this.
I think that’s true of most people with PTSD. They are unlikely to hurt anyone in most circumstances.
I know hundreds of combat vets who served in multiple tours in combat units. Most have thriving, vibrabt lives, Some suffer from the experiences. Most of the Soldiers I volunteered with at the local Warrior Transition Unit (WTU) who claimed PTSD have no visible wounds, most were not combat troops and many were young females who just were whining (my opinion). Just as it is in society, the men and woman of valor and maturity move on and live in spite of hardship. It was tough seeing a blind double or triple amputee winning his fight while hale and whole mush headed REMFs lost theirs (sic).
Manly Warrior Combat 101 says “Kill to survive, survive to live. Live to thrive. Thrive to bless”. Seek the Face of God.
We fall done, we get up. Repeat as needed.