My question is to confirm what I learned this week. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I attended a symposium on post-traumatic stress in Montreal. It was Veterans Affairs second National Operational Stress Injuries Symposium.
There was an American at the symposium—we know that Americans have been interested in PTSD since the Vietnam War—who said that the majority, or a good number, of ordinary veterans, if I can call them that, would have or could have experienced post-traumatic stress. However, because of their education or their pride, etc., they are apprehensive and do not want to talk about it. They prefer to talk about things other than how they feel. This is what we heard.
Is this statement true?