While I did not serve, I have a few friends who did, in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Both lost friends, both got mortared, both were in vehicles that hit IEDs, both have PTSD. They don't mind fireworks, because it's expected. The only thing that will send them into a panic attack is an unexpected explosion/bang/sound. Is that true for you as well? I'm just curious if that makes more sense and more people experience that. They don't give a shit about fireworks and even light them off themselves. They just don't the random ones going off when it's like a random summer night and aren't expecting it.I was mortared and rocketed a lot as was anyone who was deployed to Afghanistan. It doesn't bother me at all, and I think it's one of the stereotypes of PTSD that non-vets have where they assume that what bothers you is loud noises.