Victims of sexual assault or harassment, he says, usually have more relationship and trust issues, and might feel more embarrassed about why they’re traumatized. Combat trauma tends to be situation-specific, Sloan says, but not always. He says multiple deployments, a faceless enemy, the constant stress and general uncertainty about being in a war zone all contribute to combat trauma.
“The more folks are exposed to just being in the danger zone, the more likely they are to develop PTSD,” Sloan says. “Everything about being a soldier during wartime can be a risk [for PTSD].”
Sloan says that the culture of the military, which—purposely or not—stigmatizes weakness, probably contributes to veterans’ hesitance to get help for a mental condition, especially since mental illness is stigmatized by society as a whole. That stigma, in conjunction with veterans’ main priorities of getting home to their families, could contribute to undiagnosed PTSD.
http://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/nov/06/getting-help-ptsd/
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