Transcript
It's really common to have worries
about what people will think about PTSD
or what people will think about getting help for PTSD,
especially if you come from a cultural, or a social,
or a family background where having mental health issues
isn't acceptable or isn't accepted
or if, somehow, you have the belief that PTSD is tied to
your character or that it's some sign of personal weakness.
The truth is many good, strong, competent,
healthy people are exposed to trauma,
and no one can actually avoid being exposed
to a traumatic experience.
Physically healthy and psychologically well-adjusted people
develop PTSD, and it's likely that anybody would develop PTSD
if they went through a trauma that was severe enough.
But if you seek out treatment, if you find out more about it
and, basically, get more control over what you can do about it,
that's really what's going to lead to your personal healing.
You just can't control what other people are going to think
about PTSD, but you do have a lot of say
and a lot of influence in what you decide to do with your life
and how you want to see it.