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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had/have PTSD from Covid.  It's largely controlled now as I changed jobs a few months ago and now aren't at risk for being triggered as much.  I was the charge nurse on our Covid unit.  One night, I had 6 deaths.  I've called more family members to tell them their loved ones passed in that year than in my entire career.  I have my license number memorized from having to fill out so many death certificates.  I can vividly remember sobbing as I gowned up to go into another room of a patient circling the drain after dealing with 3 others in the minutes before.

And yet, I can understand why others may have PTSD.  I don't think it's the masks themselves, it's what the masks signified.  The scary unknown. The complete change in everyone's lives and routines. The loneliness it caused for some people.   The scare tactics of some news channels.  The complete divide politically.

Making PTSD your personality is a problem because it signals that they aren't really trying to deal with it.   You can acknowledge how she feels without swelling on it. Change the subject.  Don't respond to her.  [/quote]

This is a legit reason to have PTSD when you are on the font lines and dealing with death.  Wearing a mask is not PTSD.[/quote]

My point was it's not just wearing the mask. It's everything that went along with it or what the mask signified.   I get why people struggle with that time period.  [/quote]

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