There are many misunderstood and stereotyped groups and organization just in the U.S. that do not deserve the mistreatment that they receive from the people around them and the veterans of the United States Military is an example of such group. Veterans are people who have served and retired from the U.S. military they are the men and women who have served for a various amount years of active duty and have gone under honorable discharge. A misconception is a view or opinion that is false which is based on faulty thinking or understanding, while a stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person, place or thing. A stereotype may be an actual truth about a person or thing or just an over exaggeration
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We do it unconsciously without even knowing or wanting to do so and it may just come out while talking to other people, all that can be done is to not say anything and clear them up as we go along. Pretty much every type of person, place, or thing gets a stereotype or a misconception about it after some time, it may just be something minor or it can be a major misunderstanding but there is one such group that has been given a major misconception. This would be the veterans of the U.S. military where they are seen as murders and unstable once they have finished with their service, but this stereotype is not true in its entirety they are heros for serving to protect us and judged for coming back with …show more content…
For the people that do have PTSD not just anything is going to set them off it may be triggered through a dream, memory, or action and even when they are triggered not all are violent outburst of anger. Anyone can get PTSD even the strongest of minds both soldiers and people alike, someone can get it from a certain event they go through and are mentally unready for, as well when someone goes through a great amounts of stress which is a perfect description of what someone going through war would feel. It may take years and month for someone with PTSD to finally show symptoms that they have this illness, but once someone does get the illness it can be treated and controlled to the level where it may not happen to this person anymore but the treatments vary from person to person. A very good point made by John Fought, a veteran who used to serve the army as a parachute rigger for five years with multiple deployments overseas, has stated, “You don’t see the full effect of a war on veterans of that war until 40 years after the war is over,” he reminded a group of reporters at a meeting last week. “These veterans age, and as they age they get more and more difficult problems.” So our veterans need to be supported not just avoided for problems that we all do
We do it unconsciously without even knowing or wanting to do so and it may just come out while talking to other people, all that can be done is to not say anything and clear them up as we go along. Pretty much every type of person, place, or thing gets a stereotype or a misconception about it after some time, it may just be something minor or it can be a major misunderstanding but there is one such group that has been given a major misconception. This would be the veterans of the U.S. military where they are seen as murders and unstable once they have finished with their service, but this stereotype is not true in its entirety they are heros for serving to protect us and judged for coming back with …show more content…
For the people that do have PTSD not just anything is going to set them off it may be triggered through a dream, memory, or action and even when they are triggered not all are violent outburst of anger. Anyone can get PTSD even the strongest of minds both soldiers and people alike, someone can get it from a certain event they go through and are mentally unready for, as well when someone goes through a great amounts of stress which is a perfect description of what someone going through war would feel. It may take years and month for someone with PTSD to finally show symptoms that they have this illness, but once someone does get the illness it can be treated and controlled to the level where it may not happen to this person anymore but the treatments vary from person to person. A very good point made by John Fought, a veteran who used to serve the army as a parachute rigger for five years with multiple deployments overseas, has stated, “You don’t see the full effect of a war on veterans of that war until 40 years after the war is over,” he reminded a group of reporters at a meeting last week. “These veterans age, and as they age they get more and more difficult problems.” So our veterans need to be supported not just avoided for problems that we all do