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Originally Posted by Toymeister
I was burned 22%. And like many with burns I have PTSD. I can assure you it is exceedingly easy to fake PTSD.
It's interesting watching the evolution of PTSD over the past 25 years. Once a rarity where people treated you as a potential time bomb, unpredictable and potentially dangerous, to an overused and common place term to explain having a bad day.
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I have been living with spouse with PSTD for 8 years who won’t ask for help because he insists he has no visible wounds. Yet he tries to beat me up in his sleep every few weeks, is Jeckle and Hyde when awake, and is eating himself to death. VA screwed up his appointment when first got out and he won’t try to make another one. The stress is now affecting my health. There are a lot of fakers who have gamed the system but there are a lot not getting help. I feel like living in Catch 22 book. Summary not all wounds have scars on outside like yourself.