Agree to disagree. I can show you plenty of mental health experts who find PTSD grossly over-diagnosed. I’m one who happens to agree with them. Please note…I don’t approve of what happened, nor think that the kid would suffer harm from the actions of the police, nor was he NOT traumatized. But PTSD is not “I was unhappy about this” or “I’m upset, in fact, quite upset from this event.” It has specific symptoms and the criteria to get them cannot be held to be as low as “I was arrested”. If that were true, 75% of America would have PTSD. It’s just not how it works.
Lies, deceit, going to court…please…these DO NOT and CANNOT constitute the type of traumatic event that triggers PTSD. It dangerously cheapens the diagnosis and renders the opinions of experts silly when you conflate these types of events.
Let’s say the kid was attacked in the juvenile detention (a distinct possibility as many juvenile detention centers are a Lord of the Flies hellscape). THAT might trigger PTSD. But this would be because of the distinct event. The whole, I got in trouble and now I have PTSD is a dangerously slippery slope. I can’t possibly disagree with you, CaptainPledge, more.
