Veterans Battle PTSD Stigma -- Even If They Don't Have It -- MSNBCFresh from a tour of duty in Iraq where he earned a Bronze Star, Ryan Gallucci didn’t expect a simple job interview to be such a memorably unpleasant experience.
“I was interviewing with a P.R. agency when my military service came up. Some of the questions got a little prying. ‘Oh, so what did you do over there? And what was that like?’ ”
Though he was called back for subsequent interviews, Gallucci said the experience left a “sour taste in my mouth.” Now the deputy legislative director for the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization, Gallucci suspects the interviewer for that other job may have been more curious about his mental health than his experiences in Iraq.
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My Comment: My father battled against PTSD for years .... but I can honestly say that it did not impact his work. If anything .... it gave him a distraction and purpose that alleviated his PTSD symptoms.
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