RomeoStevens comments on Issues with the Litany of Gendlin - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 14 December 2011 05:49:06AM 0 points [-]

I doubt it. Men who discover this particular fact are diagnosed with PTSD at about the same rate as rape victims IIRC. Irresepctive of any normative statements about it, it is safe to say that it is quite traumatic emotionally.

Comment author: Morendil 14 December 2011 12:40:31PM *  5 points [-]

Citation needed. Pardon my being blunt, but I think you're merely recalling some Hansonisms that are not backed by actual fact.

The current (DSM-IV) diagnosis criteria of PTSD specifically require triggers that include threats to physical integrity, and events such as divorce or the ending of a romantic relationship are considered "sub-threshold"; based on this I strongly doubt that any study of the kind you refer to exists.

Comment author: RomeoStevens 14 December 2011 11:47:39PM 5 points [-]

good call. I was under the mistaken impression that Hanson had cited actual research.