This idea I did not come up with on my own. Rather, Staff Sergeant Ty Carter, of the United States Army and recipient of the Medal of Honor is who I first heard bring this up. There is a Netflix, documentary series called Medal of Honor and he is featured on the final episode. The first episode is about another soldier who fought in the same battle at Outpost Keating. Both (and many more) are worth the watch.
His point is, it's not a disorder you're going through. Rather it's normal to be unsettled after going through such a time in your life. And I agree. Not only that, I'd take it a step first and say, those with a disorder are those who are not affected in a radical way. Combat, emergency situations, assault, rape, trauma, these things should shake a person mentally. They are terrible things.
This is not to insult those who are able to make it through such things, relatively unscathed. Rather, it acknowledges it takes an abnormal amount of emotional fortitude. Something that the average person, likely doesn't have. Both are ok to be!
Sometimes, even a simple description of what something is, can be devastating to those who suffer. Telling someone who's been through figurative hell, that they have a disorder for being bothered, could damage someone even more. Recognizing that the human mind often closes things off and alters it's emotional and even physical state, after such an event. Can help us all reach out and better assist who need it.
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