I mean war always has been a part of our life since the first civilizations was established. I’m sure “shellshock” wasn’t only caused by artilery shots.
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It wasn’t.
Before then it was “battle neurosis” or “war neurosis” or even just nerves. Or, horribly, “cowardice”. Probably more than a few soldiers got shot for “cowardice” when the actual problem was PTSD.
The *name* “shellshock” comes from WW1. There may have been more cases because of the number of people involved, but it was just a new name for something that already existed – we just didn’t start calling it PTSD until relatively recently.
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