PTSD & Violence: Why Service Members Continue To Be Associated With The Diagnosis - #PTSDchat

Is the campus size at Lowe's soldier with PTSD and drinking and substance abuse problems need to go to Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous since substance abuse and alcohol abuse will lead to domestic violence and often to suicide. Seems like a lot of people don't want to discuss drinking because it's too much money being made in the alcohol industry. But my sister committed suicide and she drank a lot

I have soldiers heart. The DSM and the yuppies, hippies, and draft dodgers who wrote can throw their labels at someone else. I don't buy into the diagnosis. Why you ask? Well if you asked the car accident person if they would wreck again they would say no, or the sexual assault or domestic violence (PTSD). If you asked if I'd go to combat again I'd say f*ck yea.

The problem with most people not directly affected by PTSD do not truly understand it. When you break it down it's pretty easy to describe ... maybe not completely understanding but have a better picture of it. In short, Post being the 'time prior' to an event. Next we have, Traumatic being the primary cause of the problem. Stress is the factor in which the traumatic event was lived or witnessed. Disorder is use to describe the lasting effect. What is most important to know is that the traumatic event is not just limited to Soldiers ... in fact our service members make up only a small percentage of those effected. Car accidents, rape, murder, death (in other aspect), anything that has a traumatic affect on someone. The stress portion is that of how big the impact or frequently of the memory.

Soldier's and drinking have been intertwined like the glaze and the doughnut. It's an easy way to 'self medicate' to coup with their demons.