eli5 How can PTSD actually be a part of you if you don’t really consider it traumatizing?

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For reference I mean in a military aspect. Some things yes, for sure. But like getting shot at or mortared any of that jazz is moot. Therapist said it can cause it but like it didnt really bother many people i know.

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Of the people who say it didn’t bother them…

* some really weren’t bothered, and they’re fine. Awesome.

* some really weren’t bothered *at the time*, but they still remember it and it can cause trouble later. Sometimes they get home, and then start having flashbacks, or nightmares. Or maybe they start drinking harder than they used to.

* and some actually *were* bothered right away, but they didn’t want to be the weak link so they just sucked it up and said they were fine.

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