Hmm...well. My first reaction is that he could be MUCH worse off. There's no flashbacks (that I know of), no substance abuse, no suicidal ideations.
Still, the parts about isolation, withdrawal & emotional numbness are dead on. The anger, irritability and depression come up often enough to be a problem.
It scares me a little though, because this started at a very young age and got cemented in Viet Nam. I guess what I'm trying to say is that some of this stuff went beyond "maladaptive coping" and became part of his personality.
I wonder if that's what he means about "surgical removal" of parts of his personality?
Anyway, I don't want to seem like I'm spending all of my time trying to figure out HIS problems. On the other hand, it is kind of validating because I've felt all of these things for a long time and was being told that I was wrong, oversentive, etc. Now I know the problem was very, very real.
