Originally posted by Cerebrum123
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The change of names in diagnoses is common. I have Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, but when I was first diagnosed it was called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, and before that Causalgia. Asperger's is technically no longer a separate diagnosis from Autism Spectrum Disorder, which at one point was called childhood Schizophrenia IIRC. With PTSD it has been known as Shellshock, as you mention, as well as Battle Fatigue, among other names. I think one of the reasons it is so highly associated with military conflict is because that is where some of the most severe cases come from. Just like Asperger's or what would now be deemed Autism Spectrum Disorder level 1. Or in other words mild levels of support needs. Only the more extreme cases were noticed, and anything less than that was just deemed "weird", or "difficult".
Men not wanting to deal with emotions as much is definitely partly due to society. One of my uncles was the type to drill the point home that guys are not supposed to cry. Bottling up your emotions isn't a good way to deal with them. I still have a hard time with not bottling them up, but I know the kinds of problems it can cause. In my case it just leads to a meltdown or ends up more like a volcanic eruption of emotion all at once.
Sadly people who will exploit everything, including medical diagnoses, are out there and will do anything they can to get what they want. I don't really know of a solution to that.
I'm glad to be getting a real chance to talk about it more in depth. I've been researching the topic rather intensely* for the last 4 to 5 months. Only more recently have I felt more comfortable that I am properly understanding things.
*My family would say obsessively, and they are technically right. They don't even know half of the amount I've been researching it.
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