Stigma of PTSD should have ended when fakers claimed it

Fakers always seem to claim PTSD along with heroism. Think about that for a moment. The only reason a person fakes something like that is when he thinks real veterans with PTSD are in fact heroic. When fakers stopped just claiming medals they didn't earn but added in PTSD, that should have changed the fact that most veterans do not seek help for PTSD.

ONTARIO LEGION CO-SERGEANT AT ARMS, OUTSPOKEN PTSD SUFFERER MADE UP HIS MILITARY HISTORY, SAY SOLDIERS
Sun News Canada
GALEN EAGLE
QMI AGENCY

PETERBOROUGH, Ontario - David Jeffrey Dodd says he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, haunted by the scenes of his overseas experiences when his Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry platoon was bombed and a female soldier died in his arms.

"She was an incredible soldier. I lost 4 good soldiers and she was one!" Dodd posted on the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) Association Facebook page Sunday.

"I'm coming into a hard time of year (feb sucks bc that's when it happened) ... I can't sleep most nights because I see s--- in my dreams."

It would be a gut-wrenching story, if it was true.

But nobody who has served with the Patricias appears to know Dodd or know anyone who does.

Even more peculiar, the Patricias have never lost a female soldier in the manner Dodd described.

Those two inconsistencies sparked an online firestorm on the Facebook thread, with up to 900 comments, questioning who Dodd is and why he had made the comments he did.

Retired soldier Bill Finlayson was one of those irked by Dodd's posting.

"Between the 1,800 guys, we pretty much know every single person that has ever served with PPCLI that's still alive," he explained. "These guys are like a pack of wild dogs when it comes to protecting their own."
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