With the type of PTSD I’m familiar, any attempt to desensitize would be catastrophic.
I’m no expert. I’m just repeating what the AF SP trainer said. He said that after coming home he had trouble sleeping, he was jumpy and certain things triggered panic attacks. When he first started running the simulator he said the video and sound got his heart racing. He said he could smell burning powder. After a month or so on the job, he said the sensations tapered off.
He was lucky to get this job after coming back from his deployment. It worked out great for him. In the same situation, others might have had a melt down.
Oh! Don’t ever dissuade me from taking a second look at a position I hold. Seriously, JimRob should issue Atta-Boy trophies to anyone who’s able to get me thinking about valid points of view regarding a subject I might be insane about....i.e. subjects people around me tersely label “Every Single Thing Ever, Idiot!”
My experience with PTSD is very different than the military-type experience and, in fact, was proposed to be pealed off from DSM-5 PTSD diagnosis and given the name “Developmental Trauma Disorder”. It’s looking more likely to be made a sub-type and given the informal name that’s been used for many years: “Complex PTSD”.
If it’s different enough for those kinds of changes, I’m probably barking out of my hat.