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Hello,
I also have PTSD and feel for all the veterans with PTSD. I think one of my hopes is that all the discussion of PTSD in the last few years will result in a wider understanding of PTSD in the general culture. Also I hope that the fact that PTSD from rape (men & women) is so common will be included in this greater understanding and be more widely recognized. I would like to see this destigmatized as the difficulty discussing rape adds to the development / maintenance of the PTSD symptoms for survivors.

Here are some stats from the The Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)website:
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): PTSD can follow exposure to a traumatic event and symptoms include reliving the traumatic event, avoidance, detachment, and difficulty sleeping and concentrating.
PTSD Statistics:
w Affects 7.7 million, 3.5%
w Women are more likely to be afflicted than men.
w Rape is the most likely PTSD trigger; 65% of men and 45.9% women who are raped will develop the disorder.

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