Joshua worked in the Pentagon in Washington, US and was home, sick on September 11, 2001. Due to the severe damage of the terrorist attack, if Joshua had been in his office that day he would have been killed and in fact all of his coworkers perished that day. Joshua kept his feelings to himself and stayed strong in order to help the families of his friends and coworkers. Although offered immediate counselling for __________, Joshua refused to admit that he needed help.

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Joshua's experience of surviving a traumatic event that his coworkers did not, and his subsequent need to stay strong for others, aligns with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which can occur after such experiences.

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