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I heard a lot of advice from veterans, at the VA , on how to talk to a doctor or a councilor about the possibility of having PTSD, when filing a claim for disability. It was advice on how to beat the system. Don't look at anyone in the eyes. Keep your head down, looking at the floor, when you answer. Never laugh or smile. Talk real low and slow. Fake shaking or nervousness. Stutter some when replying. Act like you're in a trance. Keep that 1000 yard stare, have night sweats and flashbacks, and so on. If you really are experiencing PTSD symptoms, you won't have to fake anything. By the end of the six months of counciling, all of those fakes were gone, without any disability. In fact, I busted two of them. I couldn't take their lies and lousy acting anymore. PTSD is real, and does not need to be acted like you have it.
Talking to your doctor about your mental health can be stressful, but here are some tips to make it a little easier.
Asking for help is never easy and sometimes the hardest part is admitting you need it. When it comes to mental health, it can be especially difficult to talk to a doctor, for fear that he or she isn’t going to understand or just put you on medication and wave you away. If you don’t have a relationship with your doctor, it’s even harder to talk about deeply personal issues with a complete stranger, but that’s not a good reason to avoid seeking help.
Talking to your doctor about your mental health can be stressful, but here are some tips to make it a little easier.
Asking for help is never easy and sometimes the hardest part is admitting you need it. When it comes to mental health, it can be especially difficult to talk to a doctor, for fear that he or she isn’t going to understand or just put you on medication and wave you away. If you don’t have a relationship with your doctor, it’s even harder to talk about deeply personal issues with a complete stranger, but that’s not a good reason to avoid seeking help.
How To Talk To Your Doctor About PTSD
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I have come to the conclusion that PTSD seems more of a political rather than a psychiatric diagnosis.
Many claimants (but not all) for PTSD disability benefits are actually afflicted with what I call "compensation neurosis". Many of these men and women have transformed the VA system into a vast welfare agency for layabouts. PTSD ipso facto entitles the "sufferer" to sympathy and it would be a contravention of political correctness to censure these "victims" of a combat related malady which after all is sacrosanct in American society. These individuals do not warrant the intervention of a mental health professional. Instead, they must be labeled as malingerers who deserve to be exposed as exploiters of the VA and consigned to the hinterlands of Hades.
Many claimants (but not all) for PTSD disability benefits are actually afflicted with what I call "compensation neurosis". Many of these men and women have transformed the VA system into a vast welfare agency for layabouts. PTSD ipso facto entitles the "sufferer" to sympathy and it would be a contravention of political correctness to censure these "victims" of a combat related malady which after all is sacrosanct in American society. These individuals do not warrant the intervention of a mental health professional. Instead, they must be labeled as malingerers who deserve to be exposed as exploiters of the VA and consigned to the hinterlands of Hades.
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Seriously SPC Benjamin Hartog? You're a Vietnam security vet and you think PTSD is more political than a psychiatric condition? Do you have PTSD? Do you have a CIB? You have come to the very wrong condition Specialist. There are a few who try to slip through the cracks, but they are usually caught before they get a disability. Did you write your response so you could use all of those $10 words and show everyone how intelligent you are? None of us vets with PTSD expect any sympathy. Quite the contrary. We don't admit we have it, much less. let anyone else know about it. I don't know where you came up with your conclusion, but you're dead wrong.
"Welcome Home" BTW, Brother.
"Welcome Home" BTW, Brother.
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