In looking forward to listening to this episode. In my practice I'm conducting ptsd screenings for the VA. I'm doing an evaluation nearly every day and it's raising a lot of questions for me.
For example, Vietnam era vets who worked full careers after the military putting in claims for PTSD at age 65 or 70.
I know that this can certainly be the case, but some of these are instances of depression, some are severe OCD, or a personality disorder.
Sorting through all these possibilities is challenging.
Looking forward to listening
Ed Wile
2017-09-20 19:49:19 +0000 UTC
Yeah, the more experience I get, the more I realize the various forms of PTSD and the various ways people cope with it.
Psychology In Seattle
2017-09-19 09:05:29 +0000 UTC
I learned some very important things is this podcast. Thank you very much. I didn't expect to personally benefit from it, but was interested because I don't believe anyone should support or participate in any war, ever. My father was a "purple heart" world war two veteran. He lost a leg in France when he stepped on a landmine. My mom said the kind of mine he stepped on was like a shoe-box and assembled by school children somewhere over there.... At any rate, I never thought of my alcoholic, narcissistic and violent father as suffering from PTSD before, though I realized only recently that there's a really good chance he had a very serious case of traumatic brain injury from the blast that blew off his lower leg. Life with him and my mom was extremely unpleasant. They wanted to be a sort of "hollywood" couple, as my dad was a tall good-looking man and my mom fairly attractive. I find now I acquired several symptoms of PTSD from haivng them as parents. I avoid swaggering bully types and self-centered hystrionic types. I end up very much avoiding life because of that. I never really thought of my avoidance as part of PTSD.
