The military has finally decided that PTSD is misnamed. They think labeling it a disorder might drive away potential sufferers who are turned off by the term “disorder”. The newest idea seems to be PTSI as in “injury”. Well, there you go pilgrim. That’ll fix it. Trust those brain doctors to figure out what’s wrong and and get the process into counseling. What was wrong with battle fatigue or some of the other terms used in wars past? More importantly, who’s the Gomer who came up with PTSD?
Now, how about some politically incorrect choices from the Peanut Gallery. I think I should be allowed to contribute. I’m unarguably one who escaped the magic suit all these years. My choices are
Bent Brain Syndrome– abbreviated as BBS.
Latent Stress Disease–” ” LSD
Loony Tunes Syndrome–” ” LTS
Stryker Traumatic Disease–” ” STD
Brainf**ked (formerly used in Vietnam)
OEFD/OIFD-Operation Enduring Freedom Disease etc.
Afghanisbrain
OAFS– Operation Afghanistan Freedom Syndrome
IFTDS–Pronounced If-tids(I’m fixin’ to die syndrome) with apologies to Country Joe McDonald
Surely some of you readers have a contribution to this conversation worthy of being immortalized? Ideally, they should be pronounceable as in a trendy acronym. Feel free to throw your hat in the ring.
asknod
Bethanie Spangenberg
kcraveiro
robinhoodesqvetsatty
Wesley McCauley
Veterans Claims Help 
SBT – Screwed, Blued and Tattooed
interesting article:
“Military leaders have been concerned that stigma keeps servicemembers from getting the help they need and contributes to the high suicide rate among servicemembers and veterans. A report released late last year by the Center for New American Security (CNAS) stated that, from 2005 to 2010, troops took their own lives at a rate of approximately one every 36 hours and, although only 1% of Americans have served in the military, former military personnel represent 20% of suicides in the United States.”
Just to share my observations I had a mental illness, mental health-not, or is that mental disorder or maybe mental injury? C+P exam recently. The VetCenter was conveniently just next door to the VA CBOC. The typical song and dance that plays out from every C+P exam I have had: “maybe you got it before military service or it just got worse after you got out”. I didn’t tell the C+P examiner dude what was on my mind: “The DOD won’t give a recruit a crypto clearance if they are mind-phucked”. My simple reply was that I had a “clear” entrance exam….with that fact established the examiner has to be careful and tread lightly as to not establish any kind of continuing symptoms after service. After a few exams and a Vet can read these examiners like a book! Or should I say it’s like watching an ant farm, you know where the ants are going and why. 🙂
STMS – seen too much s*!t
BHFI – brain hurt, fix it
DSTP – disengaged system that percolates