Sunday, February 21, 2010
PTSD and WW1!
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after an exposure to any event which results into psychological trauma. This effect comes from the threat of death to one's self or to someone in relation to them. PTSD and WW1 connect because of the new war humanity saw during that time. Because of how advance war has become and the loud booming that shook the Earth changed the way people thought of the war. It showed the war with a new face with a new style of battle such as trenches. It put the fear of death in soldiers causing shell shock. To see a fellow partner in war go "Up and over" would most definitely cause PTSD. Because the nature of war had advanced it caused the mind to ultimately be scared into shell shock.
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I agree with your points of WW1 affecting the soldiers, but I was just questioning the relevance of the "way people thought of the war" and PTSD. Since the topic is about PTSD, the soldiers' views of the war don't have to do with what you are talking about. So my only suggestion is the stay on topic, but all of your other points are very good.
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