PTSD in non combat vets

You know, I’m a rare case, and I think I finally feel comfortable enough to tell someone how crazy and fucked up my head is. I was in a roll over accident and I got flung down a slope 40 ft, I had spinal damage and was knocked unconscious, later would be diagnosed as a TBI. I was only out for a few minutes, but I lived another life for like 4 or 5 years, I had kids with another woman, went on after the accident as if I was fine, went to RASP like I was slotted for, went to war, did some vary realistic combat, then got out of the military due to the same reasons as you, and started a whole different life.

Now, I hypothesize that due to the gang violence I was accustomed to growing up is where the true trauma lies, there’s nights I remember going to war, or I relive getting flung from that truck, and there’s times i hallucinate and go to that fantasy land.

I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, I became a near genius, and I’ve never functioned and thought so clearly, it is crazy to me to believe I can have nightmares and flashbacks to this other life that never happened, as well as the drive bys and shootouts and plenty of murders I witnessed as a kid. I think even though I am this special type of nut case, anyone can get raped, anyone can get robbed, anyone can get bullied

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