Dr. John A. KingIndigenous Australian. 100% Human. Neo-Noir Novelist. Poet. Speaker. Performance coach. More than a Survivor. Terrible Golfer, Awkward Dancer🕺

PTSD Is Not A Pissing Competition. #dealwithit - living well with PTSD

18 Jan 2018 · 1 min

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This content was created by Dr. John A. King. This content was uploaded by Dr. John A. King. This is a YouTube video titled "PTSD Is Not A Pissing Competition. #dealwithit - living well with PTSD" (uploaded 2018-01-18) featuring Dr. John A. King speaking in a monologue about a social-media exchange with a female veteran who accused him of appropriating PTSD. He clarifies he never claimed veteran status, contrasts combat-related PTSD with childhood-onset trauma, and urges people not to treat traumatic experiences as a competition but to come together to address the issue.

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So I got contacted by a female vet on social media accusing me of appropriating post-traumatic stress disorder. I didn't think you could. She said I shouldn't be speaking about it because I'm not a veteran. Well, I never claimed to be a veteran, just claimed to have PTSD. And she said that I would never understand what she went through, and I said, no, I won't. So we talked more, and, and then I tried to explain to her I said to her, there's a massive difference. I said, before you signed up, you had a very caring, loving family. You got married, had a caring, loving family, signed up, went over, experienced some trauma, and came back to a caring, loving family, and you're having trouble fitting in. She said, I never had that. When it started for me at 4, I never had a caring, loving family base. All I've ever known is fear, paranoia, stress, concern, and trauma. They're radically different. I don't understand why it has to be a pissing competition. I don't understand why people that have this issue can't just rally together and solve it.