are veterans with PTSD just faking it?

charface

charface

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rkymtnman said:
not to disrespect our veterans here (thanks for your service) but isn't seeing stressful situations and death up close part of the job description?

maybe more psychological screening is needed before enlisting is needed?

when i was a DoD contractor at ft carson, the army guys(officers, not enlisted) i spoke to said that finding good recruits was almost impossible these days.
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You can think you are ready to be a paramedic but the first burned baby and screaming mother can change you.
Screening can help but, if they screened better our military would be smaller than shit.

When I went we were mostly young, troubled people with no option.

The common saying was
Joining the military was the last act of a desperate man. And trust me most of us were just fuckups
 
doublejj

doublejj

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I'm a Vietnam War Army combat veteran with PTSD and I have never claimed anything for it. My Dad (rip) had severe PTSD from surviving 3 beach invasions in WWII and he never claimed anything but it bothered him greatly. I think most combat veterans come home with PTSD and just internalize it.....until they either seek help or it kills them.
Cannabis saves lives....
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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rkymtnman said:
not to disrespect our veterans here (thanks for your service) but isn't seeing stressful situations and death up close part of the job description?

maybe more psychological screening is needed before enlisting is needed?

when i was a DoD contractor at ft carson, the army guys(officers, not enlisted) i spoke to said that finding good recruits was almost impossible these days.
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Sure it's in the job description. A good friend of mine growing up wanted to be special forces just like his dad. His dad told him time and time again what he would go through.

It didn't prepare him for it. It was a shock come time to fight. He has called me a few times acting odd. He hasn't said what was bothering him but something happened over there that bothers him a lot.
 
abandonconflict

abandonconflict

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Unclebaldrick said:
I have heard that the high suicide rate does not depend on seeing combat. In other words, active military that have never been overseas are pretty much as likely as a combat veteran to kill themselves. I have not researched this for this post but have read it in the past.
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There are embarrassing things that the DoD wants to avoid talking about, for example the extremely high rate of rape compounded by the extremely low rate of punishment for it.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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General George Patton thought so (and was made to apologize for it) but we have come a long way since then.

Anyone who is willing to admit having problems with PTSD, whether related to military service or not, should be able to receive whatever treatment they need.

An obvious investment in people that helps them and society.
 
too larry

too larry

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Cousin Jeff was a lifer in the Army. Did several tours in Vietnam. Even after he retired, if there was a loud noise like a car backfiring, he would hit the deck. He had the same dream his whole life. He was surrounded by Charlie, and his M16 jammed.
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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too larry said:
Cousin Jeff was a lifer in the Army. Did several tours in Vietnam. Even after he retired, if there was a loud noise like a car backfiring, he would hit the deck. He had the same dream his whole life. He was surrounded by Charlie, and his M16 jammed.
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Next door to a friend I grew with lived a guy that was a Vietnam vet and sometimes you would hear him yell and shoot and carry on.

Real nice guy but I was always on edge around him.
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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I would volunteer at a va living facility.

I saw even ww2 vets after all those years have episodes and even be right down dangerous.

I believe ptsd to be real.

I will admit to hearing several vets say they went through their medical records and make a claim on any incident they were treated for.
 
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