Research Writing Essay About Ptsd For English

[Ladyghosthunter]

My last and final essay is about PTSD, a subject I, unfortunately, know well. The title of my essay will be:

WHY PTSD ISN'T JUST A MILITARY DISABILITY

Now for those of you who are in the military or spouses/loved ones in the military, this is not an insult or anything bad upon you all AT ALL. The reason why I am writing this is to expose PTSD in the language of the non-military voice who has dealt with trauma in their lives. I will be researching this paper to the Nth degree up to and including using instances of trauma with anonymity. If you wish to participate on an ANONYMOUS basis with a story, great however, I am extremely reserved about using a story from someone on here in regards to what we've been through. If submitting, make sure that triggers are NOT PRODUCED from writing about your experiences.

Admins, this post is at your discretion. If you need to remove this post, please do so.

Heather

 

[holdenmonty]

I really like that. Even though I am military I'm glad that you are doing this essay on it not just being a military disability.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Throw in that statistic about how most PTSD is NOT from the military!

 

[WillyKat]

The misconception is almost certainly due to how the media reports about PTSD, which is almost always in association with veterans.

 

[greenleaf]

A lot of people who have PTSD from military situations apparently also had trauma in childhood (a risk factor for development of PTSD after adult trauma even if they weren't "obviously symptomatic" after the childhood experiences)... I would imagine governments sometimes try to use to evade providing vet services then, so it must get complicated for vets to deal with that :poop:...

 

[sun seeker]

If submitting, make sure that triggers are NOT PRODUCED from writing about your experiences.

Triggers can be just about anything. It varies so much from person to person, it would be almost impossible to eliminate them. Could you specify what you have in mind, i.e. what topics would be taboo?

 

[Ladyghosthunter]

No topics are taboo at all. I'm just worried that if someone speaks up about their experiences, it will trigger them. For those who are ABLE to discuss their traumatic experiences without triggering, please do so if you wish. I'm also sending this paper to the White House, to Psychology Today, to everyone in regards to PTSD.

If you have any other ideas about what I should put in this paper, please let me know. Everyone needs to have a voice-most of all, we who suffer PTSD.

 

[Friday]

<chuckling> Back in the 90s, in the military, we were pretty much told the opposite : Why yes, this can be a military-thing & not just a rape-thing. At the time? People were still ignoring the "trauma" part of the acronym, and just focusing on the du jour treatment of the moment. Which, back then, was rape. When I was first in, nobody gave a shit about PTSD, it was something pretty much "all" of us had / were diagnosed with. All it meant was that our rotations were upped (3x the number of combat ops as people who hadn't been diagnosed, yet). Cause it kept us off base, out of country, and out of trouble. Honestly, I like that paradigm rather better than the current one. Later, one of the stigmas that attached to PTSD diagnosis was "This is what rape victims get! Not what we get!" :rolleyes: That came down the pipes about the same time they started revoking deployment status. And since 4:5 women at the time were raped? Even more friction there. Eff that! Im fine! Not me! Not us! Civvies, maybe. It's still an uphill battle, 20 years later, getting PTSD sorted in the military.

So it honestly cracks me up, how so many people think it's military only. Well, unless you're in the military. Then it's someone else's problem. Not ours.

I think it's curious how people's minds attach significance to one area, and completely ignore all the rest. (CSA, DV, MVAs, natural disaster, first response, medical, etc.)

Like, most recently, the 2 groups that think military-only, or any trauma is a trauma! (I stubbed my toe).

It all feels very NIMBY. Where pretty much everyone agrees it's out there, an everyone also agrees Not In My Back Yard.

 

[sun seeker]

No topics are taboo at all. I'm just worried that if someone speaks up about their experiences, it will trigger them.

Ah. Got it. Thanks for clarifying. I don't think I'll participate myself, but wanted this to be clear for others. Good luck with your project.

 

[Ocean5]

Thanks I think this is important to educate people about (so much ignorance.) Plus I think making the public more aware of PTSD outside of military will help veterans. It saddens me to hear of veterans ashamed of their diagnoses, or how people will judge/treat them.

Can I ask what this essay is far?

 

[woodssmith89]

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[lostforgottensoul]

The essay was good

??? I dont see the essay posted on here.