Quote Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl View Post
You dont have to like me, my posts or the truth.
PTSD isnt just a military thing.
Do I think it a joke? Yes
Why? Because there are so many people laying claim to it.
Are there people with real problems? Yes
Do we all have issues? Probably. I know whats in my head that most wouldnt want to see or deal with.
Should we condone fraud? Can you prove its not?
I never said it was a military thing, but I dare you to walk into a PTSD inpatient ward at a VA hospital and tell those soldiers who have loaded their friends' dead bodies into bags that PTSD is a "joke" and they need to "grow up". I was not condoning fraud, or even defending OP for saying that she has it. I don't know her. She could be lying. That's not the point. The point is that you are claiming that it's not a disability because it doesn't affect YOU that way. It's not "the truth". It's you making a general statement (a very judgmental and offensive one) based on your personal experience. Your personal experience does not have anything to do with anyone else's PTSD. Is it wrong that people claim it when it's not true? Absolutely. But is it fair for you to say that people who suffer from PTSD -- people who really SUFFER -- need to 'grow up'? No, because brain injuries don't work that way.