Pro-life atheists

[BlackSwordsman]

I kinda quit thinking about pro-choice/pro-life topic after PTSD was mentioned. I'm very close to a couple people with PTSD and neither were soldiers. I find it pretty disturbing that some people don't take PTSD seriously unless they served in combat. That is a very judegemental, but I suppose that should be for another thread.

I suppose, but honestly it bothers me that such an extreme term is over used and even feminists are using the word. I am not saying you had to have served combat never once did I say that.

But there was a mother on the news who claimed PTSD from child birth.

There is another feminist whom claimed PTSD after being called a name.

There was another person who got in a fender bender and tried claiming the bump gave her PTSD

Yeah some things can give it to you, but let the word be reserved for actually serious shit.

353,015 births per day, and 128.9 million births per year.

So that is a lot of people giving birth, and you got PTSD? From giving birth?

Come now, I brought up my example saying that I don't like how nonchalantly the word is used.

Not every traumatized person develops full-blown or even minor PTSD. Symptoms usually begin within 3 months of the incident but occasionally emerge years afterward. They must last more than a month to be considered PTSD. The course of the illness varies. Some people recover within 6 months, while others have symptoms that last much longer. In some people, the condition becomes chronic.

A doctor who has experience helping people with mental illnesses, such as a psychiatrist or psychologist, can diagnose PTSD. The diagnosis is made after the doctor talks with the person who has symptoms of PTSD.

To be diagnosed with PTSD, a person must have all of the following for at least 1 month:

At least one re-experiencing symptom
At least three avoidance symptoms
At least two hyperarousal symptoms
Symptoms that make it hard to go about daily life, go to school or work, be with friends, and take care of important tasks.

PTSD is often accompanied by depression, substance abuse, or one or more of the other anxiety disorders.

My gripe is with the ease at which people throw the word out.

Sorry if you or anyone else in the thread got offended by it, it was never my intent to make it sound like no one else can get it, I just hate seeing so over used.