Is PTSD just fear?
@Scubbie - voted "yes", because it's closer to my controversial take on modern PTSD (excluding WWI shell shock where you can see the crazy eyes, for example).
Basically, I suspect about 90% of PTSD boils down to a conflict between whatever is socially acceptable, and whatever a person did or suffered. Soldiers are filled with Christian ideals that say "don't kill", and yet they killed people. Some women are brought up to not be sluts (not as many as should be, I know. But still, they exist) ➡️
@YoMomz well my PTSD is from the FBI serving a warrant on my roommate for hate crimes in the 90’s having two Full auto MP’5s, and a 357 magnum and a shotgun pointed at me as they kicked in the door while I had two white German shepherds in my grasp. Wearing my boxers
@Scubbie - I feel like this was a prior poll... 🤔 I'm pretty sure I woulda said "See you in Valhalla, muthafuckas!!" ... and I would be dead now.
I'm sorry you got caught in that situation. 🥃🫗
@YoMomz I was 18 man in hindsight , maybe fear is powerful even the dogs knew it was a life or death situation there was 6 feds in the front porch on a rather steep hill maybe I could have been in Valhalla,but I am a Christian even though my roommates were odinist I guess I was the weak link
@Scubbie - Well real talk: There is no shame in fear. Only a madman or retard is truly without fear.
At 18, I was kinda both... 😅 But back to you: weak link? I dunno... It depends on a lot of things I wouldn't/couldn't know. But you're still here (as am I). And all we can do, on any given day, at any given moment, is our best.
If shame belongs with fear, then I'd say it's only true if one allows fear to prevent them from doing what needs done. And FWIW, that doesn't sound like what happened.
@YoMomz The Odinist we’re hiding under beds and in closets I was at the front door with the dogs but this event has shaped my life I was followed by agents I use to make it my weekend to drive them around and lose them in the ghetto I have felt like a enemy of the state since the 90’s my relationships suffered I was considered a Nazi before it was the norm
@Scubbie - Well, you're not gonna win a fight with six feds. That's just unrealistic.
You were into some shit, and it went bad. That happens.
I've been in some shit myself - a warzone, and I've had local SWAT at my door too. That was a bad day, I gotta say.
But I learned from it. And if I ever decide to rebel, I'll know better what's required to succeed. But more likely, I would just choose a different course for as long as I can.
Best skill in life? Might be making the best of bad things.🍻