I LOVE the fact that the majority of posters in this ptsd corner are men, and are older men, because the traditional ways of being are things you all lived through and you're all in here, exposed. Thats both wisdom and courage AND HOPE and INSPIRATION to everyone else. A sort of coming out of the closet and showing natural humanness, and every soldier is very,very, sometimes sadly, human. It takes great strength to expose our "weaknesses" to our peers ... especially for men. Still.
I think that the more men and women accept and talk openly about their experiences like ptsd, whatever, then your openness gives acceptance and permission for the younger soldiers to open up too.
So ... there is still discrimination about ptsd and illnesses/weaknesses in the military peer group then eh? Sigh. Those attitudes are dissipating though?
A very dear friend of mine, my age-ish, is a miltary type. Quite conservative traditional believes in the old school mentality about suck it up and buck up and pull yourself together ... he's also an alcoholic. Believes ptsd is a creation of a coddling society.
As long as he holds that belief he'll never address his own ptsd issues and will continue to suffer and share that wealth... same with those young soldiers ... I think we should all just keep on talking and educating as we go.
Thank you ... for talking. Please don't stop.
, how true mate. For every victim, there is a victim`s familly.
) in a small town ..... people would call after hours and get an answering service based out of a hotel switchboard requesting a phone number so the crisis volunter could call you back! ... I still wonder how many people just hung up. sigh 
