> It seems that nowadays it is more common to get one of those ailments. Is it? It seems to me that PTSD is just more common than what people once thought, and

> It seems that nowadays it is more common to get one of those ailments. Is it? It seems to me that PTSD is just more common than what people once thought, and that, nowadays, it's treated more seriously. It's not like military trauma was unknown "back in the day" - https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/what/history_ptsd.asp https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/what/history_ptsd.asp > During World War I, treatment was varied. Soldiers often received only a few days' rest before returning to the war zone. For those with severe or chronic symptoms, treatments focused on daily activity to increase functioning, in hopes of returning them to productive civilian lives. In European hospitals, "hydrotherapy" (water) or "electrotherapy" (shock) were used along with hypnosis. Those soldiers who marched day in, day out, while eating rats, or who were bombarded more than 24 hours by artillery, or who saw millions die around them? They probably brought PTSD back home with them.