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I think it's great that Thomas was diagnosed with PTSD. In America, I don't know if that would have happened at all. I am a complex trafficking victim, and, certainly, I have PTSD, I have been diagnosed with many different conditions. However, I have NEVER been diagnosed with PTSD. Frankly, I believe all psychiatric diagnoses are related to serious injustices that someone has experienced that have yet to be righted. I believe that all "medication" for "mental illness" does nothing good for the "patient" at all.
I think it's great that Thomas was diagnosed with PTSD. In America, I don't know if that would have happened at all. I am a complex trafficking victim, and, certainly, I have PTSD, I have been diagnosed with many different conditions. However, I have NEVER been diagnosed with PTSD. Frankly, I believe all psychiatric diagnoses are related to serious injustices that someone has experienced that have yet to be righted. I believe that all "medication" for "mental illness" does nothing good for the "patient" at all.