I disagree Anthony. You are correct- the question is Do you believe PTSD is preventable if forced into counselling after trauma? NO. Because if you "force" anything, it's involuntary. If it's involuntary, to me that's the same thing as brain washing. If the PTSD recipient is not willing to accept that they have PTSD, then it's a lost cause. If they accept it, but refuse the counseling, then is that their fault or the public's? Theirs, clearly. I see it as being dirty.

Go to work on a farm and don't shower. If you recognize you are dirty, do what you can to get clean. Bathe. Shower. Use a garden hose if need be (When I was younger I'd even take a bath in a cow pond). You recognize the problem, so fix it! If you see the problem, you see you have it, you see what it does to you, but you do nothing, who's to blame? But what will the public reaction be? Will women want to date me if I havn't bathed in two weeks, working on a farm? Hell no! Would I be welcome in school? Hell no! I'll be cast out until I am clean, but even then the reputation will follow.

That's why I have worked hard to rehabilitate myself. I'm the dirty cowboy, but no one will afford me the garden hose, or even a visit to a ditch. So I just gotta do what I can by myself.