Posted on Feb 17, 2016
Does anyone feel like PTSD has become a little too political about what you have done?
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Even though PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) can happen from anything. I often hear of other soldiers saying that unless you have been in combat you cannot have PTSD. As a 14T I can tell you that this is possible even though PATRIOT rarely sees combat. I also know of a soldier who wakes up thinking she thinks she missed formation over 20 years ago. What are your opinions.
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You don't have to be in combat to get PTSD. My brother in law was also a marine. He was a bullet catcher. In 94 both of our units were training in 29 palms, and during a live fire exercise one of his friends, who was a DRAGON gunner got confused about what color star cluster was his signal to stand up and fire his missile. He stood up in his hole too soon and an M60 took his head off. My brother in law still has nightmares and hallucinations about it to this day. Training accidents can be just as bad.
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1stSgt Eugene Harless
Cpl Chad Perry - message me his name... I'm talking to the Platoon sgt who was there as we speak.
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Cpl Chad Perry
I know I was off on what really happened. It was 22 years ago and all I know is what my brother in law said and I also remember some of what my leaders told us right after it happened. My brother in law and I were really close friends in high school before we joined the Marines, and I could tell right away when I saw him afterwards he was pretty shaken up. He said the Marine that was killed was a friend and when he saw that Marine laying there it hit him pretty hard. From that day on I could definitely tell there was something wrong. He's been a totally different person since he got out of the Marines.
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1stSgt Eugene Harless
Cpl Chad Perry - I talked to some people who were on site when this happened. Shoot me an email at [login to see] .
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You do not have to be in combat to have PTSD. People can have PTSD from being involved or witnessing a traumatic event.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
True, and not everyone handles stress in the same way and traumatic events aren't just limited to the battlefield. Although I'm a Viet Nam Veteran and have seen plenty of things no human being should have to see I don 't suffer from PTSD Myself. I look though not only at that experience but as a civilian Police Officer responding to fatal traffic accidents, other crime scenes with fatal gunshot wounds, knives, You name it. the exposure is still there. I've been able to handle it but My own Father told Me He couldn't handle the things I deal with. Not everyone can and many have dealt with things far worse than I have, although how the stress shows itself, well there are a lot of ways and I'm no expert in the subject.
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Is the question has PTSD become to politicized? Or is the question is PTSD only caused by those who've been in combat?
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If it's whether or not you have to be in combat for PTSD - then I would have those people sit in a room full of First Responders, crime/rape victims, and anyone else who suffered through traumatic experiences. Just because PTSD is prevalent in our community due to the last 15+ years of conflict and previous conflicts - doesn't mean we have a monopoly on PTSD and we get to say you can only get PTSD if you were in a knock 'em down and out firefight.
If it's if it's become to politicized - then no. PTSD can not gain enough attention within the media/government in my opinion - as treatment needs to continue to get better, the procedure on how to find out if you have PTSD needs to improve - just the overall way we deal and treat PTSD and those of us who have it needs to improve.
If it's if it's become to politicized - then no. PTSD can not gain enough attention within the media/government in my opinion - as treatment needs to continue to get better, the procedure on how to find out if you have PTSD needs to improve - just the overall way we deal and treat PTSD and those of us who have it needs to improve.
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