PTSD tends to correlate with the feeling of being out of control. So SEALS and other special ops that have to kill people might not become scarred. But the kid who joined the military and is surprised attacted or runs into an IED is much more likely to have issues. Unfortunately, as well as the kid handled himself here, it's closer to the second scenario, especially since he's also having to defend his life again in court.
That's not most people though. And even for those who do want that kind of life, the military trains the shit out of them not just physically but psychologically to get them ready for it, and many STILL come back with PTSD.
You know, there are few people who join the military because they want to be able to fight and kill.
Not everyone who kills is mentally scarred or traumatized.
PTSD tends to correlate with the feeling of being out of control. So SEALS and other special ops that have to kill people might not become scarred. But the kid who joined the military and is surprised attacted or runs into an IED is much more likely to have issues. Unfortunately, as well as the kid handled himself here, it's closer to the second scenario, especially since he's also having to defend his life again in court.
Good response, thanks for the input.
And for that I am forever grateful those guys exist for us. The ones chomping to go outside the wire.
That being said we must do our part to protect our country.
"Armored cars and tanks a guns, came to take away ours sons..."
That's not most people though. And even for those who do want that kind of life, the military trains the shit out of them not just physically but psychologically to get them ready for it, and many STILL come back with PTSD.