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Edited by HurtfulTurkey:
4/22/2014 4:29:56 PM
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Feminist Atheist got PTSD from Twitter
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2605888/Woman-claims-PTSD-Twitter-cyberstalking-says-bit-war-veterans.html[/url] [quote]As a result of her PTSD, Ms Hensley says she is working from her home, but she remains active on Twitter.
On Wednesday she posted several disclaimers to her earlier tweet:
'1) I didn't self-diagnose or decide to have PTSD. I was diagnosed by a very good psychiatrist. I'm not looking for armchair psychiatrists.
'2) I respect military and would call commanders and other authorities only to defend myself against threats.
'3) I don't discount military vets' PTSD. I care about everyone with PTSD. I want people to realize that it is not a military-only condition.'
MailOnline contacted Ms Hensley for comment, but she replied that she is 'not well enough to answer questions'.[/quote]
I'm not sure you people understand the point of this thread, and are specifically responding to the parts of the article I left out, such as claims about her illness being similar to that experienced by veterans. This is about the tangible effects of cyberbullying.
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Oh, I recommend she use cannabis to get over her weak mind.
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2 RepliesCyberbullying is a made-up term. In that case you are to blame and the cause of your own misery. Block buttons exist, as well as power buttons. However, she may very well have PTSD.
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Social media is stupid.
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Apparently the internet can give you PTSD. My uncle had PTSD because he was shot at (and hit) for being a Communist. I wonder if he'd laugh at this or just get depressed by the stupidity.
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6 RepliesNow, this woman may not represent either of those ideologies completely...but an idiot is an idiot, no matter what you believe in. Sure, many people have PTSD, and it doesn't have to be from military situations (the Boston Marathon Bombing, for example, led to many cases of PTSD, and many cancer survivors have it, too.) But to claim you got it through dissenting opinions on the Internet basically means that every single person on Xbox probably has PTSD because they were tea-bagged once in Halo.
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[quote]This is about the tangible effects of cyberbullying.[/quote] HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA
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1 ReplyI hate how veterns are always given the PTSD sob story. Not all of them have it, and nurses and doctors who work in normal towns get it just as often. A soldier might see a friend die, but a nurse in a small town has to wrok on her nephew and wtach him die...twice that happened to my mom. If this dipshit really has PTSD then she is the weakest human being on the planet. Shame on her.
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>Feminist Seems believable
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1 Reply[quote]>Daily Mail[/quote] [quote][i]>Daily Mail[/i][/quote] [quote][i][b]>Daily Mail[/b][/i][/quote] [quote][i][b][u]>Daily Mail[/u][/b][/i][/quote] I rest my case
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Edited by CND AAA Beef: 4/22/2014 7:36:07 PMA Twitter Warrior with too much time on her hands.
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Depression isn't the same as post traumatic stress disorder. Seeing someone's limbs getting blown off's different from ordinary depression, albeit depression's no small thing but it's still a different mental disorder from PTSD...
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She thinks she got PTSD from people posting mean things on twitter? I honestly have no response for this kind of stupidity.
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1 Reply*Enters thread* [quote]Feminist Atheist[/quote] *leaves thread*
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Oh God...
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>Twitter And theres your problem
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10 RepliesI really want to know why you bothered to share this of all things.
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Only in America.
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8 RepliesEdited by KingWhovian: 4/22/2014 1:09:49 PMWere you ever shot, blown up, or had your life threatened in any way. No? Then shut the -blam!- up. You do NOT have PTSD. You are nothing more than a wannabe Tumblr activist with a victim complex. People like this are what make me despise the internet sometimes.
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Edited by Seggi: 4/22/2014 2:44:07 PMPlease, everybody knows you can only get mental illnesses in [i]real life[/i]. The internet is just in your imagination. Also, had a quick look back over her twitter feed (for those of you who feel the need to disparage another person's claim to mental illness when you have no knowledge of their circumstances): the highlights are that all she said about the military was that people can get PTSD for all kinds of reasons; and on why she's still on twitter, she did actually spend a good deal of time away from the internet after first being diagnosed, and has set up precautions to prevent being exposed to triggering content in her daily activities to minimise the degree to which she has to curb her personal activities and hobbies because of the effects of her mental illness. I can understand the urge to judge the validity of mental illness diagnoses - it's -blam!-ed up, but as somebody without a mental illness, I can kind of see where it comes from on a personal level because I've done that kind of thing before. The thing is, responding to the fact that people on the internet sometimes self-diagnose themselves with Asperger's by expressing ridicule and disbelief whenever somebody claims to have a mental illness doesn't make you a noble servant of the truth, it makes you a dick for assuming you know another person's circumstances better than they do, especially when it's done in such a way that can be incredibly damaging. I mean, a major newspaper running a story on how this woman who says she's been clinically diagnosed with PTSD caused by online harassment said mean comments are as bad as war (which, to reiterate, she did not do) is basically 'Irresponsibility: The Op-Ed'. For journalists to do that kind of thing is particularly shameful, because they're well aware of the responsibilities and the power that comes with their position, but these responsibilities are the kinds of thing it's generally good for everybody to make an effort to be aware of and incorporate into their behaviour. Or, if that's too much effort, then just quit judging people you don't know anything about.
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I'd hate to see what would happen to her if someone yelled at her in real life. I'm thinking coma or at least partial paralysis.
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1 ReplyEdited by TechnoKat: 4/22/2014 4:03:13 AMLock her I a room with me and a pair of fuzzy handcuffs. [i]I'll show her PTSD...[/i]
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2 Replies[quote]PTSD from Twitter[/quote]
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1 ReplyOh my! Twitter caused PTSD! So let's continue to use it. Forest Gump was right all along. Stupid is as stupid does. And this lady is stupid.
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Did anyone else immediately burst into laughter upon reading the title?
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What? Does she have flashback to when a 12-year-old called her tweet "fake and gay?"
