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> I don't think many people are immune to PTSD PTSD is real but lots of people still go to war and not everyone comes back a basketcase. Most don't, in fact.
by stickfigure 6y ago
> I don't think many people are immune to PTSD
PTSD is real but lots of people still go to war and not everyone comes back a basketcase. Most don't, in fact.
No, I've never had a job watching pictures of mutilated children all day. But like a lot of naturally curious people, I've searched out and watched bloody videos of beheadings and car accidents and whatnot. It wasn't pleasant, but it wasn't really traumatic either. If I didn't already have a much more lucrative career, I don't think I'd suffer too much as a Facebook censor.
Does that make me a sociopath? My wife and son don't think so, nor do my close friends. I'm not sure if I should feel a little offended here.
On the other hand, I may still have PTSD from those days of cold calling as a junior software engineer 25 years ago. I hate phones. Maybe people are just wired differently.