General So Why Did I Use The Words "always Watchful" Instead Of Hypervigilant

[Justmehere]

1) People with PTSD experience hypervigilance and 2) Germs are scary which leads to 3) A person might feel the need to protect his or her family from germs.

Part 1 is still over generalized. I don't think anyone is wanting you to be more vague or long winded - that is annoying In my culture as well.

The shift in language is actually about being more precise and accurate - something most militaries appreciate.

"Some people with Ptsd" (rather than "people with Ptsd") is more accurate without being long winded.

 

[Deleted member 28812]

@joeylittle and Justmehere: ??? ...but I did not say "All people with PTSD". However. I will say "some people" if that is what everybody wants me to do.

 

[Justmehere]

You are right you didn't say "all people with PTSD." Where I live, in my culture, "people with PTSD" means the same thing as "all people with PTSD." Which is where we might be figuring out a language/culture difference and why I'm glad for this thread and your taking the time to explain! Now we both understand each other better. :)

How do you communicate the difference between all people and some people in your way of using language? Or maybe it's not as much of a concern to you?

I guess here in the US we are pretty adamant about the difference, especially when talking about a mental health condition with so much variance.

Hmm. Interesting discussion.

 

[Deleted member 28812]

When I mean "all people" I would use a word called "Jeder" that means all people - every single person from this group.

So "Jeder von PTBS Betroffene" (most literal translation "All-people by PTSD affected") as opposed to "Von PTSD betroffene Menschen" ("By PTSD affected human beings/individuals").

At least that is how I would say it.

 

[Justmehere]

That makes more sense now! Thanks for explaning. :)

 

[shimmerz]

@Lemontree , I had to learn to use the word 'some' more often here as well. It is very easy to generalize. I like to err on the side of caution by specifically indicating that I do not mean everyone. So for instance, if I were to say;

"Supporters of sufferers of PTSD don't care enough about them to educate themselves on PTSD", well that would be disrespectful of the hard work that you and other supporters on this site have put into learning. So instead, it is put this way. "Some supporters of sufferers ......"

You see, it can work both ways. This is a human thing, not a PTSD thing in my humble opinion. I hope this helps.

 

[joeylittle]

Ditto what @Justmehere said - thank you for explaining, @Lemontree. In English, just using "people" implies that it is more than one person, but is completely vague as to how many, and tends to be interpreted as "everybody". "All people" and "some people"/"not everybody" are the english equivalent. English is a really redundant language.