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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 276642" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I can see how easy it is to slip into bitterness and not be able to find your way out again. But I'm having a bit of trouble believing this as a mental illness per se. I think that is pushing the envelope. </p><p> </p><p>I dunno. To me comparing this behavior to PTSD is not the same at all. People who had PTSD had no control over what happened/what was done to them. Their symptoms are a result of that. But I just can't wrap my head around something like.....oh, I worked my arse off for x amt of years and didn't get the promotion, fancy house, sports car, so my wife left me and now I'm bitter to the point of being mentally ill thing. Just doesn't wash for me, sorry.</p><p> </p><p>My childhood was a nitemare. Life with husband and 2 difficult children wasn't a whole lot better in many respects. Yet I managed to hoover it up, get that life happens, and move on without being bitter.</p><p> </p><p>Perhaps the self absorbed bitterness these patients display is itself the symptom of something else. But I don't buy that bitterness is it's own disorder. Ridiculous.</p><p> </p><p>in my opinion.......I happen to believe it's a major symptom of a very spoiled society as a whole. Just my own thoughts on this, so don't stone me or anything. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 276642, member: 84"] I can see how easy it is to slip into bitterness and not be able to find your way out again. But I'm having a bit of trouble believing this as a mental illness per se. I think that is pushing the envelope. I dunno. To me comparing this behavior to PTSD is not the same at all. People who had PTSD had no control over what happened/what was done to them. Their symptoms are a result of that. But I just can't wrap my head around something like.....oh, I worked my arse off for x amt of years and didn't get the promotion, fancy house, sports car, so my wife left me and now I'm bitter to the point of being mentally ill thing. Just doesn't wash for me, sorry. My childhood was a nitemare. Life with husband and 2 difficult children wasn't a whole lot better in many respects. Yet I managed to hoover it up, get that life happens, and move on without being bitter. Perhaps the self absorbed bitterness these patients display is itself the symptom of something else. But I don't buy that bitterness is it's own disorder. Ridiculous. in my opinion.......I happen to believe it's a major symptom of a very spoiled society as a whole. Just my own thoughts on this, so don't stone me or anything. lol [/QUOTE]
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