Yep, all the time. Sometimes it's genuine, if so I educate them. Other times it is used and continued as "What's PTSD, and how the hell would you have it? Have you even had trauma in your life? You told me that you're not a veteran."
Because I have to go to war to encounter a traumatic experience, right? I really don't mean any disrespect to any veterans out there who suffer PTSD, but it upsets me that people think that's the only way you can suffer from it. I hate it when people also add, "I wouldn't get PTSD because I can actually handle my emotions. That's your problem, you're too emotional." Yes, because I have emotions, I have PTSD. I'm just too sensitive, right? Neglect the fact that I went through something that, unless you have gone through it yourself, you could never understand. Not even slightly.
I just quit telling people I have it. None of their damn business, anyways.
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