Discrimination and stigma,aimed at people with PSTD

[undergroundpanther]

This kind of bullshit infuriates me. People who are ignorant or being bigots, still hold stigmas against people with psychiatric injuries. The mentally ill face stigmas,but PSTD seems to be the new"they are too risky and dangerous etc.etc. Pstd,a psychiatric injury,is now a 'reason' to reject people in need of help..

I have PSTD,not from war, but from abuse and violence growing up.I have dealt with a lifetime of it.The kind of PSTD I have is "Complex PSTD" and coping with it is a daily challenge. There are lot of people who have PSTD,from abuse,bullying,natural disasters,accidents..etc.etc..and with these stupid wars it can only increase.I have faced irrational anti-PSTD bigotry from both "professionals" and laypeople, just for having PSTD. I have heard everything from: I need behavior modification, I must be faking, Just"get over it" and I must be a violent maniac or a basket case so don't expect much from me,all because I have PSTD.

Veterans can't get jobs because they might have PSTD.The Vet admin makes it very hard to get benifiets if you have PSTD.

http://www.capveterans.com/americans_who_support_ptsd_veterans/id52.html
http://www.wbaltv.com/video/24181082/index.html
http://www.fieldandstream.com/forums/backlash-and-blowback/veterans-blast-georgia-bill-put-ptsd-diagnosis-drivers-licenses
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/undergroundpanther/144
http://www.mhanys.org/policy/2009/LegAgenda09.htm
http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/04/16/sexual-preference-linked-with-violence-and-ptsd/12888.html

[meow2u3]

1. PTSD ought to be regarded as mental injury, not mental illness

They don't treat those who suffer from injuries to the rest of the body, such as spinal injuries, the same way people look down on those who suffer from injuries to the psyche. PTSD sufferers are mentally wounded/injured--not mentally ill! Society should treat them like any other wounded persons, not like lepers.

I think people need to open their minds and rip their blinders off and see that these people should be treated like other injured people.

[Odin2005]

2. I have complex PTSD from bullying from peers and emotional abuse freem teachers.

I am so incredibly jumpy and easily agitated it's sad. If I even think someone is insinuating I am lazy and making excuses I start ranting angrily.