langdon-
first and foremost, welcome to the forum. i want to comment on the concept of going to work and dealing with ptsd. in some cases, i think it depends on whether or not work or their job is considered a place of safety. i am a combat medic in the army and for me, my job is in a sense a place of security and sheer terror wrapped into one. it is a place of security or safety in the sense that everyone that i work with wears the same uniform i do and there is a form of trust in that. it is terrifying in the sense that when you deploy, medics often work on people alone when their on the line. and there is this "unsaid law" that states that everyone in your unit is expecting you, (as the medic), to save a person's life regardless of the situation that soldier might be in. its an enormous amount of pressure, especially when the adrenaline is flowing. i hoped this helped. respectfully, SM