Again, I agree and have no issue with that. NAMI, and a good deal of military medicine does not. After getting injured in Iraq, dealing with the dead and dying, and having two friends commit suicide because of the war I was rightfully diagnosed with PTSD (and in a late-to-the-game co-diagnosis of ADHD!). For over a year I was not allowed to carry a rifle or go to the range and was passed over twice for promotion. No I was already old and fat and such so having my rather erratic “career” ended was not a terrible fate. But, let’s be clear, until military medicine agrees with you a mental health diagnosis is a non-starter.
As to the rest of it, I refused to take any drugs for my diagnosis and I quickly stopped going to a military “counselor” with zero combat experience. I didn’t need to be to be told I was sad, upset, and so on…I was quite aware. I did spend quite a long time with a combat veteran “rap group” (and still help out) to get beyond the issues and find mental peace. My point is this…humans have a remarkable ability to heal their own minds, but “healing” is not a goal of the greater psychological profession - diagnosis is.