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How does someone get PTSD these days? It was originally the territory of civilians and soldiers who spent an extended period of time in an active combat area.
by lujim 10y ago
How does someone get PTSD these days? It was originally the territory of civilians and soldiers who spent an extended period of time in an active combat area. I'm not saying that other things can't lead to PTSD, but if it becomes too watered down then we would need a new term for the physical and mental symptoms that a soldier might experience after 6 months or a year in daily front line combat.
- kaitai 10y agoRape is a common one.
- mschuster91 10y agoAmerica is not India. Btw, is there any serious explanation other than blatant racism why rape is so prevalent in India, e.g. compared to China where the male/female ratio is grossly on the male side...
- Can_Not 10y agoIndia has more than 10 ethinic regions, languages, etc. Many places in India are tribal, without internet, without running water, without roads. There are also many cities that have infrastructure. India is probably as ethinically diverse (or even more diverse) as Europe. When access to education and infrastructure expands to the darkest corners of India, the situation will improve. Pre-existing citizens tend to be stuck in their old ways.
- elthran 10y ago> Pre-existing citizens tend to be stuck in their old ways Most people's old ways don't include raping people
- ddeck 10y agoI'm not sure why you're downvoted. Sexual assault frequently leads to PTSD: >One study that examined PTSD symptoms among women who were raped found that almost all (94 out of 100) women experienced these symptoms during the two weeks immediately following the rape. Nine months later, about 30 out of 100 of the women were still reporting this pattern of symptoms [1] And is depressingly prevalent: >Nearly 1 in 5 (18.3%) women and 1 in 71 men (1.4%) reported experiencing rape at some time in their lives. [2] [1] http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/PTSD-overview/women/sexual-assault-females.asp http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/PTSD-overview/women/sexual-ass... [2] http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/SV-DataSheet-a.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/SV-DataSheet-a.pdf
- alanwatts 10y agoAny near death experience (real or perceived) can do it
- lujim 10y agoMakes sense. Maybe it's a question of severity. In WW1 British doctors thought it was a physical neurological condition caused by the concussion of artillery shells. They noticed that soldiers had trembling “rather like a jelly shaking”; headache; tinnitus, or ringing in the ear; dizziness; poor concentration; confusion; loss of memory; and disorders of sleep. While there are many things that can cause a person to suffer from this (life and limb type scenarios) I'm questioning the validity of wide spread self diagnosed "PTSD".
- alanwatts 10y agoThose are all symptoms of a concussion. In my understanding, anxiety attacks are one of the primary symptoms of PTSD.
- lujim 10y agoI just cut and pasted those from a Smithsonian article. Docs saw those symptoms in soldiers that hadn't been near shelling which clued them in that it wasn't caused by the concussion from artillery. Anxiety attacks in 1915 were probably just labelled as cowardice.
- doki_pen 10y agoIt turns out there are degrees of PTSD, it's not binary. http://advocatingopportunity.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ACE-Score-Tied-to-HT-.pdf http://advocatingopportunity.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/...