“…but he doesn’t want to be at the facility because he, a severe-PTSD sufferer, was already paranoid before one of the other resident loons threatened to kill him, and anyway he fought for his fucking country and they promised they wouldn’t abandon him and he swears to God he will have to kill himself if the VA doesn’t put him in with the other soldiers.”

This is a categorical claim as a symptom of PTSD is paranoia. Moreover, it mentions that he was experiencing paranoia before he even had something to be paranoid about. Next suicidal thoughts are something that a lot of people suffering from PTSD experience.

“Another woman’s husband had a service dog die in the night, and the death smell in the morning triggered an episode she worries will end in him hurting himself or someone else if she doesn’t get him into a VA hospital…”

This is a categorical claim as another symptom of PTSD is becoming quickly triggered and angry. That is the case for this man being that he was triggered by a specific scent within the morning causing him to become enraged.

 “On a private Facebook group, Kateri tells the story of how her family was at Olive Garden when she started sobbing into her Zuppa Toscana. There was no visible reason for it. Just the general overwhelmingness of her distress, of that awful overstimulating hypervigilance, the sort of thing you develop sometimes when you live with someone who looks out the living room window for danger literally hundreds of times a day, or who goes from room to room, room to room, over and over to make sure everyone in each one is still alive. “

This is a Casual Claim being that it is a general statement that has an explanation as to why the event occurred. Additionally, it says the event occurred due to her hypervigilance which is a result of her constantly witnessing her husbands condition.

“Kateri’s eight-year-old son now also counts the exits in new spaces he enters, points them out to his loved ones, keeps a mental map of them at the ready, until war or fire fails to break out, and everyone is safely back home.”

This is a Casual Claim being that it is a general statement that is explained. Her son is developing PTSD symptoms too since he is around people who are diagnosed with it or also exhibit symptoms.