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Mental Health Support

hunter

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7. I feel PTSD is a very real thing.

Reply to olddots (Reply #6)

Wed May 29, 2013, 01:41 PM

May 2013

Some people are much more susceptible to it than others, and it's often just an accident of genetics.

Some people burn easily, some people get freckles, some people get a deep dark tan, others have darker sun resistant skin to begin with.

Childhood exposure to too much sun can increase the odds of getting skin cancer later.

PTSD is the same sort of process, but with brain structure and chemistry.

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Finally saw my real psych diagnoses and was suprised [View all] rox63 May 2013 OP

i really don't have any advice other than be good to yourself fizzgig May 2013 #1

If the x-ray says I have a broken arm... hunter May 2013 #2

Not really. Neoma May 2013 #3

Thanks for your input, folks rox63 May 2013 #4

I waver back and forth on the importance of diagnoses... Locut0s May 2013 #5

All the initials and catch phrases are for their system of short hand. olddots May 2013 #6

I feel PTSD is a very real thing. hunter May 2013 #7

Oh I do too olddots May 2013 #8