Pssht, half an hour on TV Tropes is nothing. I've spent whole days there at a time. (Must... not... return...)
I agree with some of your points and disagree with others, and expanded my thought-bubbles from this discussion into an essay-length musing on my LJ.
I recently read this excellent piece on Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/ptsd-epidemic-military-vets-families that included a brief history of PTSD, including an episode where Patton slapped a soldier who was recovering from "nerves" and called him a coward. At least people don't tend to be so out-and-out assholish these days, but a lot of people are still afraid to face and accept the reality of it. Though that's true of most mental illness, depressingly enough. (u c whut i did thar?)
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Date: 2013-02-14 04:15 am (UTC)I agree with some of your points and disagree with others, and expanded my thought-bubbles from this discussion into an essay-length musing on my LJ.
I recently read this excellent piece on Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/ptsd-epidemic-military-vets-families that included a brief history of PTSD, including an episode where Patton slapped a soldier who was recovering from "nerves" and called him a coward. At least people don't tend to be so out-and-out assholish these days, but a lot of people are still afraid to face and accept the reality of it. Though that's true of most mental illness, depressingly enough. (u c whut i did thar?)