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Face it ArthurTexas VVA Newsletter:
Military Veterans (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) PTSD Reference Manual
Good for you, Robert. There is talk of awarding the Purple Heart to soldiers who have been mentally injured with PTSD.
Some soldiers may feel more likely to seek treatment for PTSD because their service is honored with less stigma attached.
Bikersailor should get the Congressional Medal of Honour because the military has driven him right around the fucking bend![]()
Good for you, Robert. There is talk of awarding the Purple Heart to soldiers who have been mentally injured with PTSD.
Some soldiers may feel more likely to seek treatment for PTSD because their service is honored with less stigma attached.
I wouldn't want a Purple Heart for PTSD. And I got news for you ... it's people like you and your condescending manner who attach the perceived shame to PTSD. We get treated like we're broken toys or some shit.
Treat us like we're human beings. We don't want your pity, nor to be put on posters or commercials for people to gawk at. We did your dirty work. Give us the medical treatment, stop staring at us with wide eyes filled with crocodile tears, and otherwise leave us alone.
Good for you, Robert. There is talk of awarding the Purple Heart to soldiers who have been mentally injured with PTSD.
Some soldiers may feel more likely to seek treatment for PTSD because their service is honored with less stigma attached.
I wouldn't want a Purple Heart for PTSD. And I got news for you ... it's people like you and your condescending manner who attach the perceived shame to PTSD. We get treated like we're broken toys or some shit.
Treat us like we're human beings. We don't want your pity, nor to be put on posters or commercials for people to gawk at. We did your dirty work. Give us the medical treatment, stop staring at us with wide eyes filled with crocodile tears, and otherwise leave us alone.
It's true of almost all disabilities, problems, disorders, etc.. These people with nothing wrong make it a huge political ploy or publicity stunt, why not just help?
I wouldn't want a Purple Heart for PTSD. And I got news for you ... it's people like you and your condescending manner who attach the perceived shame to PTSD. We get treated like we're broken toys or some shit.
Treat us like we're human beings. We don't want your pity, nor to be put on posters or commercials for people to gawk at. We did your dirty work. Give us the medical treatment, stop staring at us with wide eyes filled with crocodile tears, and otherwise leave us alone.
It's true of almost all disabilities, problems, disorders, etc.. These people with nothing wrong make it a huge political ploy or publicity stunt, why not just help?
Indeed. Why not? At the very least, that the Pentagon considered discussing whether PTSD is an injury worthy of the Purple Heart is a positive development. It has brought awareness to the need for more veterans to have PTSD treatment.
It makes no difference whether a war injury is internal or external, veterans need to be honored for their service and offered support and healing of their war wounds.
Good for you, Robert. There is talk of awarding the Purple Heart to soldiers who have been mentally injured with PTSD.
Some soldiers may feel more likely to seek treatment for PTSD because their service is honored with less stigma attached.
I wouldn't want a Purple Heart for PTSD. And I got news for you ... it's people like you and your condescending manner who attach the perceived shame to PTSD. We get treated like we're broken toys or some shit.
Treat us like we're human beings. We don't want your pity, nor to be put on posters or commercials for people to gawk at. We did your dirty work. Give us the medical treatment, stop staring at us with wide eyes filled with crocodile tears, and otherwise leave us alone.
People like me? What condescending manner?
This essay sums up my position:
"The people in favor of excluding PTSD from a Purple Heart say you have to shed blood to get a Purple Heart. What about conditions like traumatic closed head brain injury? No bloodshed there. Sometimes the injury doesnt even show on a CAT scan. Our diagnostics havent yet caught up with what we know and are on the verge of proving. Why deprive our soldiers of this deserved honor because of our ignorance? PTSD and major depression can also be fatal diseases if untreated. In other words, you can die from PTSD, through suicide, alcoholism or related illness. Not enough?
Its hard for me not to have a kneejerk reaction to this decision. Ive treated my share of PTSD cases, combat veterans and civilians. My patients were not faking their symptoms. If I had a doubt I referred them to a well-established expert who provided the testing and diagnostics needed for a conclusive diagnosis.
So the bad news is the Pentagon, a bastion of conservatism after all, decided against giving the Purple Heart to soldiers wounded with PTSD. The good news is they even considered it."
PTSD and the Purple Heart - World of Psychology
That is an idiotic statement!!!On Thursday, Fortunato said PTSD is a physical disorder, at least in part, because it damages the brain, making it no different from shrapnel wounds.
What about mental injury? To them it might be even worse if they had been injuried!There is No way a soldier should get a Purple Heart for PTSD
It should be reserved for physical injuries recieved during combat. Period
If we start giving them for PTSD.
What's next?
Purple Hearts for high blood pressure due to combat stress??