Quote Originally Posted by slapout9 View Post
I missed this somehow, you know how us young folks are. IMHO a good person can turn socio/psycho/A@@hole based upon the situation and mission if he believes in it. The key is he/she can turn it off when it is not justified. A person with a true mental health issue can not make/or will not make that distinction.
Research says that is difficult and unlikly. One study that supports that shows higher rates of PTSD among LEO's then comabt vets! Emotions are addictive in a sense. Open those flood gates and it is hard to close them again. I'm as type "B" as one can get, but I have been restless and wanting to go back ever since I deployed to Iraq in '03. I think the "instant" mode switcher is a myth or at the very least, very very rare.
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