Because of 'shell shock' - what we now call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Well it means extreme shock ,trauma and stress, mainly about war, especially in World War 1. People with shellshock are usually shocked, traumatised and stressed about the war, and have flashbacks, nightmares and hallucinations about the war. In World War 2 it was called combat stress. Today it is called post traumatic stress disorder. (PTSD)
Shell shock.
The diseases the soldiers experienced and faced were malaria, typhus, hypothermia, frost bite, heat stroke, gangrene, starvation, berry berry disease, malnutrition, respiratory and flu problems, pneumonia, post traumatic stress disorder, exhaustion from being in battle too long, problems from bug bites and exposure to dead people, and hearing loss or blindness. The POWs suffered the worst of the diseases.
For the most part, shell shock was not recognized as an illness or health condition. Therefore, there was no treatment in place. Even today our soldiers with diagnosed PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress - should not be disorder but Syndrome), have trouble receiving proper treatment.
shell shock.
In WW I it was called shell shock; we now would call it post traumatic stress disorder.
Because of 'shell shock' - what we now call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Many believe that WWI is when post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) first was seen.
Well it means extreme shock ,trauma and stress, mainly about war, especially in World War 1. People with shellshock are usually shocked, traumatised and stressed about the war, and have flashbacks, nightmares and hallucinations about the war. In World War 2 it was called combat stress. Today it is called post traumatic stress disorder. (PTSD)
It is estimated that around 10-20% of World War I veterans experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in their lifetime. However, it's worth noting that PTSD was not officially recognized as a diagnosis until much later, so the prevalence could be higher.
It was known as shell shock in those days but is now recognised as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The most common ongoing effect of soldiers fighting in World War 1 was shell shock or what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder. Trench foot was also common in World War 1.
Men and women who survived World War I were called The Lost Generation. This was because the fighting was so barbaric that many people who returned from the war lost faith in God. Many turned to drugs or alcohol, and suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
PTSD is caused by stressful/life threatening situations.... It was World War I and the majority of combat was trench oriented, and even apart from battle the conditions were hellish at best.
The British army often executed their own soldiers in World War One for crimes such as desertion and cowardice. Often these soldiers were suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, or were pacifists.
A.A. Milne suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after serving in World War I, which influenced some of his work, but he did not have a chronic illness while writing his books.