* Anxiety states, paranoia, phobias
* Sleep disorders, insomnia, ôsundown syndromeö
* Situational intrusive thoughts, obsessions
* Compulsive humanitarianism, altruism, over-idealistic self- actualization
95% are men presently aged 32 to 48 years old with symptoms dating back 5 to 15 years. Most have been divorced at least once. The likelihood is that he is above average intelligence, that he enlisted and was not drafted into military service, that he saw combat, that he lost one or more close friends in Vietnam, that he received an honorable discharge and was awarded military decorations. He may likely have been a medic or corpsman, to have been involved in military intelligence operation or graves registry activity. He may well have served more than one tour and likely assumed battlefield leadership responsibilities.
You are now prepared to recognize people with PTSD.
You may be getting the sinking feeling that you know
someone with this disorder. Here are some situations or some presenting behaviors of people who may well represent this disease:
* While conducting a job interview, you are impressed with a candidateÆs qualifications, but notice that he has never held a job more than a year, and has always quit because he wouldnÆt ôplay the gameö, that he was tired of ôbeing usedö, or that he just couldnÆt hack ôa creep of a boss.ö;
* When that quiet guy next door youÆve lived next to for years but never really gotten to know is divorced by his wife and you find that heÆd been abusing her for years;
* When a guy you know canÆt weight more than 150 pounds is coming home drunk every weekend with his face smashed in from picking fights in bars with guys twice his weight and half his age;
* When an ex-Army nurse your wife knew from school commits suicide the night before she was to fly back for her firs...