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Originally Posted by Drolefille
I respect that you're a veteran, but PTSD doesn't require a certain level of abuse, it requires an experience that the individual finds traumatic and about a dozen other symptoms including flashbacks, avoidance, hypersensitivity to startle and feeling emotionally numbed It's one of the more complex diagnoses and the only one I found myself having to go back to the DSM-IV for to be sure I'd captured everything relevant.
TL;DR - What the book describes appears to be hazing. However saying the actions weren't "bad enough" to warrant PTSD is wrong.
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Let me rephrase because I don't want to offend anyone who has ever suffered PTSD. If I have offended anyone with PTSD, I apologize. I would never say something to intentionally hurt someone else's feelings. If you read the book, which it sounds you may have, she talks about how when she transferred from Widener to University of Maryland-Baltimore County, she failed out or she had to leave school because just seeing other Phi Mus wearing Phi Mu letters bothered her so much. I'm not saying I condone hazing. Maybe it is because I spent time in the military but, some of the things in the story did not seem bad enough to warrant her reaction. The fact that we are not allowed to let new members go on scavenger hunts shows that we (Greek Life) has gotten a bit soft. Those are the things many people cherish.
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