Yeah I don't think it's as uncommon as you might be made to feel...
Growing up, my whole family had plenty of horror stories to tell us kiddies. Being in a family of soldiers/police officers/firefighters/nurses meant Sunday dinners with "we had this one guy this week..." and "Next thing I know, I'm in a tent with my chest feeling like it's literally on fire."
I personally can't stand trauma-fakers; you know those people who stand around and say, "gosh how sad, I won't be the same, etc., etc.," Bleah. It's one thing to be traumatized by what you've seen and done, and another entirely to get over it quickly. I don't handle death at all - I act the same way you do about it. To me, once someone is dead, there's nothing more you can do for them. All suicides are selfish, anyway.
(aeon chicken Like the Millenium Falcon, only slower and noisier, Fri 30 May 2008, 0:26, Reply)