It's good to hear how Paul and Lauren are starting their respective support group meetings. It was a similar self-help support group of Vietnam vets who brought the problem to the attention of professionals in a forceful and most unusual way. For the history of the actually "discovery" of PTSD, listen to the Nat'l Public Radio 2003 report at
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php...

Take good gentle care,

- Ed in NJ
Vietnam '70-'71
www.selfhelpgroups.org