Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The disorder is an important part of the equation.
I’m seeing a trend I feel is highly foolish, the dropping of D off PTSD and leaving simply Post Traumatic Stress. My C has PTSD. He does not have PTS and I’ll explain why I believe this to be true.
Every soldier who endures time in a war zone comes out of it with post traumatic stress. The difference between them and those who suffer from full blown PTSD is the fact that after several months, those with PTS will recover. The symptoms will no longer rule their life. They will always remember and be forever changed, but it will not impede their life to the point they cannot function.
PTSD impedes a soldier’s life. Stops it dead in fact. The nightmares and flashbacks keep them from living. They hunker down and question their sanity. For years. And without treatment, for life.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a disorder. An injury to the psyche.
The D is important. It is comfort to those who question their sanity.
The D is an explanation. It is the reason they cannot “just get over it already”.
The D is a shield.
My C has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
PTSD.
