Having a disability is tough but being different for the norms can even be tougher. For this assignment I had to interview two individuals whom have a disability or are different from the norms. For my first interview I decided to interview one of my co-workers and friends named Jim. The session lasted for about thirty minutes to an hour and afterwards we even discussed it further over lunch. Now you might ask what disability does Jim have or why is he different from the norms not considered a disability. For Jim he even looks like he might not even have a disability at all, but they why he is different is that suffers from having a severe case of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) from his time serving in Vietnam War. Throughout the interview
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One idea that was brought up several times during the interview was that people with PTSD take medicine to calm down. During this time I had already knew about people taking medicine because my father takes one pill a day to cope with his PTSD but Jim sometimes takes up to three to five pills a day to cope with his PTSD. An additional idea that brought more than a few times people will make fun of someone who acts differently. To hear this numerous times was tough to hear because my dad has told me stories of when he was spit on when he got home from war. In addition to that Jim also said that most people thought he was crazy by he was acting a certain way but none of them knew that he was doing that for himself to cope with his own demons of PTSD until they were educated on his past. One last idea that brought up several times was that of that people don’t suffer from PTSD when they serve overseas but they suffer from PTSD when they come back home and get requited in life. I had already knew about this because at this moment my dad came down to get something to eat and both Jim and my dad talked about how they coped with coming back from going to school to even getting jobs. Sure there are endless amount of information that we know now that researchers didn’t know twenty years ago but while interviewing Jim there were a few ideas that were shocking to
One idea that was brought up several times during the interview was that people with PTSD take medicine to calm down. During this time I had already knew about people taking medicine because my father takes one pill a day to cope with his PTSD but Jim sometimes takes up to three to five pills a day to cope with his PTSD. An additional idea that brought more than a few times people will make fun of someone who acts differently. To hear this numerous times was tough to hear because my dad has told me stories of when he was spit on when he got home from war. In addition to that Jim also said that most people thought he was crazy by he was acting a certain way but none of them knew that he was doing that for himself to cope with his own demons of PTSD until they were educated on his past. One last idea that brought up several times was that of that people don’t suffer from PTSD when they serve overseas but they suffer from PTSD when they come back home and get requited in life. I had already knew about this because at this moment my dad came down to get something to eat and both Jim and my dad talked about how they coped with coming back from going to school to even getting jobs. Sure there are endless amount of information that we know now that researchers didn’t know twenty years ago but while interviewing Jim there were a few ideas that were shocking to