While I think that the PTSD term or diagnosis is way overused these days, the Covid years - whether one was a true Covidian believer who lived in constant fear of getting it or was on the other side constantly maligned and accused of being dangerous, wanting to kill grandma, and threatened to lose their job if they didn't comply with the…
While I think that the PTSD term or diagnosis is way overused these days, the Covid years - whether one was a true Covidian believer who lived in constant fear of getting it or was on the other side constantly maligned and accused of being dangerous, wanting to kill grandma, and threatened to lose their job if they didn't comply with the totally senseless, anti-science, and authoritarian mandates - have left all of us with an assault on our physical bodies and mental and emotional health. It wasn't just a one time experience. It was years of assault. Seeing someone alone, driving their car while masked or walking into a medical office with employees masked can set me off. And not in a good way!
I almost used that term but decided against it because I don’t want to disrespect all of the veterans and victims of abuse or crimes with PTSD. However, I did get teary-eyed and let out a few involuntary sobs because her experience so closely mirrored mine—with the exception of the son saying he didn’t want to live anymore if he had to wear a mask 😢😞 mine was maybe too young to articulate that or maybe it was his personality, he got more angry about it than anything else. Still I felt those same emotions that she’d felt and was expressing. I will never forget that as long as I live.
I have a friend whose son developed very unsightly eye tumors from being forced to wear masks and his ophthalmologist told him to never ever put a mask on again! I feel like the high school that forced him to wear them should be sued! If it were my son, we
would have gone after the school administration for damages.
While I think that the PTSD term or diagnosis is way overused these days, the Covid years - whether one was a true Covidian believer who lived in constant fear of getting it or was on the other side constantly maligned and accused of being dangerous, wanting to kill grandma, and threatened to lose their job if they didn't comply with the totally senseless, anti-science, and authoritarian mandates - have left all of us with an assault on our physical bodies and mental and emotional health. It wasn't just a one time experience. It was years of assault. Seeing someone alone, driving their car while masked or walking into a medical office with employees masked can set me off. And not in a good way!
I almost used that term but decided against it because I don’t want to disrespect all of the veterans and victims of abuse or crimes with PTSD. However, I did get teary-eyed and let out a few involuntary sobs because her experience so closely mirrored mine—with the exception of the son saying he didn’t want to live anymore if he had to wear a mask 😢😞 mine was maybe too young to articulate that or maybe it was his personality, he got more angry about it than anything else. Still I felt those same emotions that she’d felt and was expressing. I will never forget that as long as I live.
I have a friend whose son developed very unsightly eye tumors from being forced to wear masks and his ophthalmologist told him to never ever put a mask on again! I feel like the high school that forced him to wear them should be sued! If it were my son, we
would have gone after the school administration for damages.