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“When he first said my diagnosis, I couldn't believe it. There must be another PTSD than post-traumatic stress disorder, I thought. I have only heard of war veterans who have served on the front lines and seen the horrors of battle being diagnosed with PTSD. I am a Beverly Hills housewife, not a soldier. I can't have PTSD. Well, I was wrong. Housewives can get PTSD, too, and yours, truly did.”
― Taylor Armstrong, Hiding from Reality: My Story of Love, Loss, and Finding the Courage Within

tags: class, denial, diagnosis, domestic-violence, housewife, intimate-partner-violence, mental-disorder, mental-illness, post-traumatic-stress-disorder, posttraumatic-stress-disorder, psychology, ptsd, reality, shock, stereotype

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“There is clear evidence from internal investigations in the past that some raters actually see themselves as adversaries to veterans. If a claim can be minimized, then the government has saved money, regardless of the need of the veteran. Just recently, the press exposed an official e-mail from a high-level staff person who stated in essence that PTSD diagnosis was becoming too prevalent and offered ways to delay and deflect ratings in order to save the government money.”
― Taylor Armstrong