Why were the symptoms of shell shock so different than today’s PTSD?

818 views

If you watch videos online of shell shock theres all kinds of weird symptoms. Dancing, jumping up and down, seizure like convulsions. But I’ve never seen a modern example of this. From my understanding, modern PTSD is the same thing as shell shock or in WW2 “combat fatigue”. Why is that?

In: Other

4 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

Whoops found my answer: https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/89ogs2/shell_shock_vs_ptsd/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

You are viewing 1 out of 4 answers, click here to view all answers.