the PTSD-associated loss of sense of invulnerability to form quite a combination with which to come to terms. Freedom in an existential sense means not having an external structure. Humans do not enter a world that is inherently structured. Webb asserts that we give the world a structure, which we ourselves create.
Two things become excruciatingly clear during a PTSD-causing event. First, death is inevitable. Second, it is ever-present and can occur at any second. This is what always lingers foremost beneath the surface of a PTSD experiencer’s mind. This constant awareness of death as an inevitable occurrence isn’t the only force at work. It combines with
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The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Fallacy: A Mental Health Industry Bonanza of Profit and human Desolation An Excerpt by Nattanya H Andersen
Isolation means that no matter how close we get to another person, a gap always remains. We are still alone. Meaninglessness stems from the first three: death, freedom, and isolation. If we must die, if we build our own world, and if each of us is ultimately alone, then what meaning does life have? After the PTSD-causing event, PTSD sufferers are overcome by an overwhelming meaninglessness of life. If there is no meaning in anything, and death is the result of everything anyway, why go through the motion of living?
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