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Main Entry: post-traumatic stress disorder Function: noun : a psychological reaction that occurs after experiencing a highly stressing event (as wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster) outside the range of normal human experience and that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event -- abbreviation PTSD ; called also delayed-stress disorder, delayed-stress syndrome, post-traumatic stress syndrome -- compare COMBAT FATIGUE
Besides misunderstanding what therapists do, you are trying to apply a moral code suited for US culture to a continual combat environment.
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