Upstream, well said. It is typical for those who have not experienced for themselves to say such things, though when the shoe is on the other foot they learn its not that simple at all. Many veterans with PTSD try the "get over it" approach and fail every single time. You cannot invalidate one's trauma, instead you must acknowledge it, embrace it, accept it has occurred and you cannot just forget it, remove it or the like, instead these are your individual experiences, memories as such, which must now be faced and worked through.

Anyone who says you can go around trauma, over it, under it, ignore it or suppress it are idiots and have no idea what their talking about. They give soldiers beta blockers on return from operations in an attempt to suppress their traumatic memories, all of which the Government are doing is creating more pharmaceutical dependancy along with delaying the overall problem. But then I can see why they do it. If they delay then they have further grounds to argue that the PTSD was not caused by their operational experience, thus they can dismiss it in a decade and wipe their hands of guilt compared to now, just ignore it and society is rebelling against the Government for action from the neglect US soldiers endure. I say US, as not all countries neglect their soldiers problems on return to that extent. (different topic though that one)

Trauma must absolutely be validated.... it cannot be healed unless such.