I think you got your answers Herc... Tammy said is best to what I would say. Thanks Tammy.... big big difference between sympathy and empathy, and the outcome for PTSD is significant between them. As Tammy stated, if you read the thread entirely you will find exactly what Tammy eluded, in that the sympathy has a time and place, that is not daily and not every time a person has something to pity. Empathy is the best choice to be given, not sympathy. Sympathy has a limited scope in life period, not just with PTSD. The problem with PTSD though is that people fall into a depressive state and they want encouragement to remain in that state, which is what sympathy does. Empathy does not achieve that, instead it helps bring a person out of the depressive state and into action for themselves.

Your opinion is valid, I do not disagree, but maybe you might want to go back and read that thread in its entirety and not pick out one small line or two, but instead piece everything together in its entirety to then be judged.

I am not saying for people to not want sympathy, but I can say I will not tolerate it being done here in abundance. If people want to make themselves worse, their choice, but I get to choose whether I allow it to go on here. I will moderate a person every time for excessive actions because it does no sufferer any good for such exposure. There are a myriad of PTSD forums that allow all that crap, and as adults people are free to visit those other forums and garnish all the sympathy they want, just not here is the rule.