Delta4Embassy
Gold Member
Mentioning my own in another thread just now, and how I've sought and gotten counselling for it for my reactions to 9/11, the thought occured to mention here that PTSD can be aquired 'remotely.' Like me, there's doubtlessly many Americans and non-Americans abroad who have some PTSD issues because of terrorist attacks. If a jet flying overhead makes you nervous, or you stop whatever you're doing everytime something like a gunshot is heard, talk to someone. Talking it out and through helps, it really does.
Reacting to stress isn't about being a man or tough, we're biologically programmed to react certain ways to certain things. When someting traumatic happens, we react. And sometimes the reaction is a pronounced memory in our minds which doesn't subside so easily like others. But ignoring it and storing it up only makes it worse. Facing it headon and talking about it with someone helps to mitigate its effects.
Reacting to stress isn't about being a man or tough, we're biologically programmed to react certain ways to certain things. When someting traumatic happens, we react. And sometimes the reaction is a pronounced memory in our minds which doesn't subside so easily like others. But ignoring it and storing it up only makes it worse. Facing it headon and talking about it with someone helps to mitigate its effects.