re: Emotional Support Animal is not Service Animal

Agreed. It's like a grown up blankie.

You are most welcome.

During the Vietnam war there were a group of men who are referred to as the McNamara 100 Thousand. But the truth is is was about 900,000 men.

Because the war was such a political mess here in the U.S. the branches LOWERED their admission criteria. They lowered the required scores on the military entrance exams. Men who were borderline literate, men who never would have been admitted, were admitted. This group was easy to get under the radar. However these men were more vulnerable to many difficulties, psychiatric conditions being one of them.

I know this is long winded but one other thing to consider that is not being spoken about is a condition that is just as serious but is often listed as PTSD and it not. It is a damaged Belief System. In someways this is more disturbing to the individual than PTSD.

Try to imagine that everything you thought was truth is not. Imagine your whole self, your complete personality is anchored to society through your Beliefs, since it really is. When a veteran suffers from a damaged Belief System his outlook is forever changed and failure to address this condition leads to many tragic events.

The VA has yet to comprehend this condition, who knows when it will finally be addressed. Unfortunately since there is no Formal treatment for such a problem they are referred to as READJUSTMENT Problems. Physicians can see something is wrong, having no other diagnosis available they are diagnosed with PTSD. This is why you see the variations in behaviors within this diagnosis, it has become a catch all for other conditions that in fact may be more serious.

Losing one's connection to a society and a country you just risked your life for, Killed other people for, saw your buddy's become wounded and die for is a pretty tough load.

I'm always amazed at the people who think WWII veterans were tougher than today and had no issues. They dealt with PTSD but it wasn't covered like it is today. There were plenty of wife beating drunks in the greatest generation that needed treatment that didn't exsist.

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How do you know what they need?

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No one NEEDS a yappy Yorkie in their laps for a 3 hour flight. If that's how pussified we've gotten that having a whiny mutt in your lap on a flight is an absolute NEED, then we should just surrender right now.

Exactly. I miss the days of hide your crazy.

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put a ****** behind the trigger

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Not familiar with this phrase?? The McNamara 900,000 allowed them to draft fewer people which is what much of the demonstrations and those leaving the Country for Canada was all about.

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I'm not call you a pussy but I will call you sheltered. You probably been held up inside your house as a kid and never made to assimilate into society. So now it's too much pressure because you don't know how to do it properly. Do you need a puppy to make you feel better?

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Ok.

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Definitely not attacking people with anxiety, Wooly. I'd be attacking myself. But I don't equate my anxiety to what someone like my son has to go through. And people that do are the ones that piss me off.

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Understandable. I've had to get part of my lung removed, my left finger is useless, and I've had my appendix cut out.

I understand the difference between being disabled and just having medical issues. I don't refer to myself as disabled, I'll just let people know that sometimes I can't do the same things they can. Running in the heat/humidity or having any sort of mask on kills me.

A lot of times, disability is a state of mind. I have an older son with Asperger's. He will straight up tell you he is not disabled. And my little guy who has so many challenges doesn't even know what it means. A kid called him handicapped at school this year and he was confused. He's never heard that in reference to himself and does not see himself that way. People that do with much less to contend with (especially when it is something that can be treated successfully) baffle me.

There is a process in a successful Con Game called "Cooling Out the Mark"

This is where an unidentified person who is park of the main con convinces the Mark not to report the con to the police, usually this is done through fear or embarrassment. If it is an old person they tell them "If they find out how incompetent you are they will put you in an old folks home and you'll lose your freedom, etc...." The person thinks they are getting honest feedback from a trustworthy person when in fact they are part of the con.

The Vietnam Veteran Outreach Centers started in 1979, later called The Vet Centers, where just that. They were there to help veterans but also they were there to insure that is well trained large group of pissed off combat veterans did not decide to act on their own. I think that is called a compromise.