I saw a video today about the sniper who had the longest distance kill in the world and he talked about his PTSD. I was wondering why PTSD has such a bad reputation and isn’t discussed more in the public discourse. Is it because the circumstances for example in war changed ? Armies in the antique or Middle Ages were huge and a broad majority of soldiers must have been absolutely traumatized when they returned, so why did no one care about them ?
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While the diagnosis might be relatively new, there is good evidence that the condition isn’t. Check out https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270911020_Nothing_New_under_the_Sun_Post-Traumatic_Stress_Disorders_in_the_Ancient_World
Suffers were considered to have been afflicted by the spirits of those killed around the time of the Assyrian dynasty (1300-609 BC)
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