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Jessica Coleman Rollins ENG 1301 12 August 2015 The Invisible Injury P.T.S.D. is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of absolute strength. P.T.S.D. is earned by doing what others fear to do. -Unknown- Post traumatic stress disorder is defined as â€Å"A psychological reaction occurring after experiencing a highly stressing event (i.e. wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster) that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares and avoidance of reminders of the event.† PTSD has become synonymous with many historical war-time diagnoses such as railway spine, stress syndrome, nostalgia, soldier s heart, shell shock, battle fatigue, combat stress reaction, or traumatic war neurosis. â€Å"The number of Veterans with PTSD varies by service era: †¢ Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF): About 11-20 out of every 100 Veterans (or between 11-20%) who served in OIF or OEF have PTSD in a given year. †¢ Gulf War (Desert Storm): About 12 out of every 100 Gulf War Veterans (or 12%) have PTSD in a given year. †¢ Vietnam War: About 15 out of every 100 Vietnam Veterans (or 15%) were currently diagnosed with PTSD at the time of the most recent study in the late 1980s, the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS). 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