General The New Talk of Getting Rid of Stigma Feels Like Lip Service

[EveHarrington]

I just speak for vet and me. Other may find it offensive what I say but I do think it is best to sometimes ignore ptsd a bit because there is the danger of “patronizing“ the person. So a person may have ptsd but he or she has also other qualities. He or she be a officer or an athlete or a mother or a friend or a son or a sister or an artist or a lover of fine wines or a combination of those, look at the other things. People with psd first are people... I agree with @Friday. Like women. They are people and should not be reduced on their gender. In case of combat ptsd I think it is better to say “he is a soldier and took wounds for his country“ then to say “I feel so sorry for this disabled guy“. They do not like this.
I think I do not agree with @EveHarrington because for my vet it is very important how people look at him and he wants to be respected. It helps him to get better.

I have no idea how you are disagreeing with me.

 

[Milo's papa]

NaeNae75, I'm not really sure that I have anything that will help you.
That being said I would like to share with you my wife's response to the lack of support and the fact that there is so much stimatism towards prople suffering with mental health issues.

My wife suffers with extreme PTSD caused by 20 years of extreme abuse including torture. Yet at this very moment my wife is a guest speaker at the local community college where she is addressing phycology students on what it's really like to live with PTSD and other mental illnesses. She does this type of speaking 4-6 times a year to various groups.

She has also started a blog that has grown to somewhere around 4,000 followers world wide, as well as written 2 books about her life and what it's like for her to live with this horrible illness.

She also has first hand experience in what it's like to live with someone who has severe BPD. She's seen the results of people finding out about my BPD. I've lost friends, members of my family have turned their backs on me, and I can't count the number of jobs I've lost. All this because people just don't know what the hell they're doing to people like you and I.

I don't know what the answers are. My wife is doing what she can. Maybe she can get through to enough people in our community to start a change.
I hope this gives you a glimmer of hope. All is not lost. There are people out there advocating for change. Just keep the faith.