I was just on proudlyprochoice and this person named allie was talking to my friend who was diagnosed with ptsd after having an abortion,  and they kept telling her over and over again that it wasn’t true. That she was self diagnosing. That it was impossible for her to be suffering like that and she was just guilty. That girl was my friend and she’s been crying and really wrecked about what they said. She went to TWO psychiatrists, both confirmed that was indeed suffering from ptsd. Yet they still don’t believe her. They haven’t met her, they don’t understand her situation, and they have barely heard her story,  yet they had the audacity to tell her that she didn’t have ptsd.  I don’t want to be rude but the person said that they had ptsd so they knew about it enough to tell her that she didn’t have it, I just want to say thatghaving a disorder does not mean that you are an expert on it and can tell people whether they have it or not.

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There may not be an abortion specific form of PTSD, but to totally deny that abortion resulted in PTSD for your friend is rude and disrespectful.

I’m wishing your friend all the best