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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
What is also difficult for many people to understand with PTSD is that people who suffer with this disorder have IRRATIONAL responses to stimuli. What als463 probably sees as little instigation to promote a response, ie. seeing women walk around in sorority letter shirts, produces a significant response in the patient. No, it is not rational, but that is part of the disorder. Her mind is reliving the past experience every time she sees those shirts just like it's happening right then and there not six months or a year prior. If she was able to control it, she wouldn't have the diagnosis.
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Thank you for that explaination, Dr. Angel.
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