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Originally Posted by reb569
I think Trace may be on to something. Could it be so the VA (or other veterans organizations in other countries) has a unique classification for military service members who have combat PTSD or CPTSD for treatment purposes.
It totally agree that civilians caught in a war situation or pow situation can suffer the same, if not worse, as an armed soldier.
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If they arbitrarly insist, that Combat PTSD applies only to the military, it is not logical, or correct. Because, clearly, Combat PTSD applies every bit as much to civilians, who are
in Active Combat Zones, as well. As I said at the beginning of the thread, if someone wants to put additional labels on, it would have to be Military Combat PTSD
and Civilian Combat PTSD, for
both were
in Active Combat Zones. It is important, because all of the civilians who were
in Active Combat Zones, and there are
more of them than there is military, are being mislabeled (incorrectly labeled) as
not having Combat PTSD, and invalidated as well, as to whether or not they have Combat PTSD. They
both, military
and civilians, went through the exact same hell. Medically, they have all the same symptoms, and they recieved those symptoms because they were
both in Active Combat Zones. If neither the military, nor the civilians were in an Active Combat Zone,
neither would have had Combat PTSD. Its a difference without a distinction. No difference.
Shalom.