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"JEM" <jmac_…@hotmail.com> was heard to surreptitiously bellow news:3ef0d87b@shknews01: > I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions about how to talk to someone > about the possibility that they may be suffering from PTSD. The person is > pretty proud and independent, and I don’t think she would like the idea of > me telling her she needs to go see a doctor. I hope that someone can be of > some assistance because I don’t know what to do at this point. Thanks!
Do the same as was done to me. A loved one told me that they could no longer bear to be around me because I needed help. (That, and running into another ex-member of my Unit who was going through the same thing…. he gave me the name of the Psych.) I went along initially thinking that it was all a pile of shit and that I’d go a few times to let her think I was OK. It took about 5-6 sessions before things started to ‘click’. Only because I was being obstinate 
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I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions about how to talk to someone about the possibility that they may be suffering from PTSD. The person is pretty proud and independent, and I don’t think she would like the idea of me telling her she needs to go see a doctor. I hope that someone can be of some assistance because I don’t know what to do at this point. Thanks!
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Hi "JEM", Without a qualified health professional making a diagnosis of ptsd it’s pretty difficult to say with certainty whether or not someone actually is suffering from ptsd. It’s been brought up before in this newsgroup that many illnesses present similar symptoms and that ptsd is rather trendy these days. I am in no way trying to minimize the pain your friend is experiencing or suggest that you can do nothing. One thing that helped me after being diagnosed having ptsd by a team of doctors at a hospital was to read about it. The book, "I Can’t Get over It" by Aphrodite Matsakis is very helpful. I’ve also found AlAnon to be helpful in learning how to help and live with people who are suffering as well as learning to take better care of myself. Good luck. Your friend is lucky to have you. Anne on the prairie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions about how to talk to someone >about the possibility that they may be suffering from PTSD. The person is >pretty proud and independent, and I don’t think she would like the idea of >me telling her she needs to go see a doctor. I hope that someone can be of >some assistance because I don’t know what to do at this point. Thanks!
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