I noticed that a lot of media and publications talk about Vietnam War veterans suffering from PTSD and other psychological/mental health issues.
What was so devastating in this specific war comparing to other wars (i.e. WW1 and WW2) that caused so many vets’ trauma?
Or is it a matter of fact that during previous wars mental health care was less developed?
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Can’t discount the severity of PTSD in those who saw the front in WWI. Vietnam caused some real bad examples of it due to the whiplash of coming home so quick, but WWI inspired trauma responses so powerful that they caused brain damage and severe loss of motor function for many afflicted, with some cases even resulting in a permanent catatonic state of I’m not mistaken. The unmatched horror that soldiers in WWI witnessed was like nothing humans have ever experienced before or since, with barrages of shelling that lasted literal weeks, where all men could do is lay in the mud while their bodies literally rotted away, hoping a shell doesn’t land right on top of them.
Not as many media examples of it though because mass media wasn’t a thing then like it was when Vietnam was still in the zeitgeist.
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