Where Politics And Video Games Collide

As sorry as I feel for the guy, and I hope he is found and helped, it needs to be borne in mind that 'Shellshock' and 'Post-Combat Trauma' is far from a new discovery, several things have triggered off episodes in vets similar to this, including Fireworks, Trains and many other situations.

The fact he was in a debate over his benefits suggests that he was already under a lot of pressure, like the Vets from vietnam, their biggest problem wasn't the horrors of the war, it was feeling like their efforts were being totally ignored when they got back home, that led to quite a few withdrawing from society and living a hermits life, because they could no longer function properly in society and were not getting the support or understanding they needed from their own army.

Without knowing the details, I can't say for certain, but I'd certainly say it was a good bet that he wasn't debating that he was getting too much money from the Army.

I can see Call of Duty setting this off indirectly, after all, we can already assume he felt his sacrifice wasn't appreciated, maybe, on some level, he felt that his life was much like the game, you fight, you see terrible things, and then you get turned off and forgotten about until you're next needed.