What caused world war 1 shell shock’? I’m aware that PTSD and stress reaction injuries are still common in modern warfare, but I’m curious what caused the specific convulsing/shaking phenomena seen in soldiers exposed to heavy shelling in ww1? Were the causes due to physical brain damage from concussion, or was it a psychological reaction? You don’t seem to see people coming back from Iraq/Afghanistan with shaking like that.
[Video containing example of shaking and tremors](https://youtu.be/SS1dO0JC2EE)
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WW1 was extreme. More so then even WW2 in places.
Imagine artillery barrages *for days*. Hell when the germans attacked verdun it lasted *for a week*
Psychology didn’t yet exist as we know it now so there was no help for those with ptsd.
People with ptsd were just send back to fight when they were healed.
Im relatively sure if this were to happen today people would, and excuse the term, go crazy.
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