Generals share their experience with PTSD (POSS TRIG)

Army generals aren't known for talking about their feelings.

But two high-ranking officers are doing just that, hoping that by going public they can remove the stigma that many soldiers say keeps them from getting help for post-traumatic stress disorder.

Brig. General Gary S. Patton and Gen. Carter ( Read more... )

Meant to link this earlier... a wonderful post from cheshire_bitten on mental illness and the stigma around "crazies" having sex and sexualities. I reproduce it here in its entirety because it is just that important.

Mentally ill people are denied their sexuality. We are either predators (schizophrenia) or we are poor dears, to scared to be touched (depression, ( Read more... )

It's interesting to me (and by "interesting" I mean "annoying") that people always fish for explanations when a young woman, or someone people perceive to be so, dates an older man. The big one is "gold digger," the next down is "looking for Daddy," the next I sometimes hear is "wanting to learn from someone more experienced."

I could shrug at ( Read more... )