i've never been "in" or in combat , but I jump at unexpected loud noises too. Does this mean I have PTSD? Reference #29
Um, buddy, we can tell that
now, did you orientate, while drawing and attempting to identify targets
have you ever had the sudden urge to put a car off the road that suddenly pops into you awareness and is closing/crowding you for fear it may suddenly go Kaboom....
there is MUCH more to it, and they tell you 'it's OK'
but then you get shafted, like the guy in Maryland that called the late night 'if you need help, the VA cares...' number, except the fine print is that this 'help hotline' is actually the VA suicide prevention hot line...
there were a few threads, see the guy wasn't suicidal, and wasn't helped by the guy concerned about him how suicidal he might be, and was rather pissed actually that this guy thought he might be suicidal...
well this disgruntled vet was pulled out of his house by the local LE, seems telling the 'help line' operator to do naughty and or mean things to himself can be taken as being a danger to yourself or others.....
and it's crap like this, and that in the military that there is NO privacy that establishes a US/them mentality, which is reinforced.