People Faking Ptsd

[ulo]

I'm not posting this to hurt any feelers but does anybody else get the feeling that people lie or think they have ptsd when they don't. I just hear stories of these people getting ptsd from seeing their dog die or getting spankins as a kid, and ect. I get really fustetated because I feel like I earned my ptsd in emergency services and it almost comes across insulting to me.

 

[Caki]

I'm not posting this to hurt any feelers but does anybody else get the feeling that people lie or think they have ptsd whe...

Earned it? Really? So if somebody else got it from something "lesser" than you tgey didn't "earn" it?

 

[Iruz]

Eh, it's a lot like people who say they are OCD when they just like to have a moderately clean kitchen.

Or it's like when people say "omg, I just thought I would die from embarrassment."

There are fakers and I don't know why anyone would fake the hell of PTSD. I regularly want to end my life over the stigma and discrimination I face.

If the fakers want the hell of being stigmatized, I say go for it. Ugh.

 

[ulo]

Earned it? Really? So if somebody else got it from something "lesser" than you tgey didn't "earn" it?

Sorry to offend you. I'm not saying that the way I got it was in any greater way.

 

[ulo]

Eh, it's a lot like people who say they are OCD when they just like to have a moderately clean kitchen.

Or it's like wh...

It blows my mind too! OCD is a really great example BTW!

 

[Tumo]

PTSD is not a contest. I get worried when people self-diagnose themselves. However, I know that there are many ways that people can get PTSD. I have a whole lot of trauma factors, but one of mine is spankings from when I was a kid. There are spankings and then there are traumatizing spankings. I don't think it's fair to judge other people's reasons for getting PTSD. That being said, I do believe there are plenty of people out there who have convinced themselves that they have PTSD or lie about it, but I don't think it's up to us to judge them because they could just as easily be thinking the same thing about the rest of us.

 

[Anajo]

Sorry to offend you. I'm not saying that the way I got it was in any greater way.

I'm just clarifying. There is a difference in somebody using the word PTSD tongue in cheek in today's society and having to "earn the right". Alot of us already have guilt about that as it is. But, I see what you are saying.

 

[ulo]

PTSD is not a contest. I get worried when people self-diagnose themselves. However, I know that there are many ways tha...

Deffinetly agree between the difference of spankings and traumatizing spankings! I wouldn't know personally but I understand where your coming from.

 

[Copage]

Deffinetly agree between the difference of spankings and traumatizing spankings! I wouldn't know personally but I understa...

My kids would. My ex was great at them.

 

[Ememup]

There are a ton of people that self doagnose, which is different then faking. They honestly think they have it. They are wrong but it doesn't bother me. I educate where I can.

Then you have people faking it to get benefits. That used to very much bother me when a close family member tried that and wouldn't even support me. But I learned it wasn't about me but about them. Why should it bother me?

Then you have the PTSD after every stressor in life. Like a "fad". They really used to bother me. It felt like they wanted to wear PTSD as a merit badge. But again, doesn't affect me. Ignorant. Educate, move on.

Either way, none affect me nor upset me anymore.

 

[ulo]

There are a ton of people that self doagnose, which is different then faking. They honestly think they have it. They a...

Thank you, gives me hope that I will get over this stupid pipeeve of mine!

 

[Satobu]

Please check your spelling. Ugh.