>how is the experience of trauma affected by cultural practice, myth, ideas, etc You're certainly onto something. In other cultures, schizophrenia has historic

>how is the experience of trauma affected by cultural practice, myth, ideas, etc You're certainly onto something. In other cultures, schizophrenia has historically been viewed through a mythological lense as a possession by or visitation from benevolent spirits. In stark contrast to Western manifestation of the disorder, voices and hallucinations take on a much more benign form[1]. People by and large can be rather content in a wide range of environments, even if by comparison to other environments they seem quite harsh oppressive. Normalcy is very much a social construct - even ideas about something as universal as pain can vary widely, to the effect that some cultures are more likely than others to seek out physical and mental trials which others may consider traumatic. Indeed, to some degree we have a loosly related term for a phenomenon where those who suffer abuse have no desire to leave their abusers: Stockholm Syndrome. Except imagine instead of being raised by a tormentor with whom you come to sympathize, you develop in a society where certain "abuses" are wholly normalized - if everyone around you shares the experience openly, particularly if justified with myth or alleged purpose, it becomes much less likely to cause trauma. Consider the abhorrent practice of, say, genital mutilation, or general oppressiveness common in certain parts of the middle East or Africa - while I do not condone such practices, I suspect that the majority of those who experience them do not suffer from anything like PTSD, as they are common and effectively normalized. I'd be very interested to see a study on the subject. 1. https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/journal-of-health-sciences/issues-2/vol-6-no-2-july-2012/cross-cultural-variance-of-schizophrenia-in-symptoms-diagnosis-and-treatment/ https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/journal-of-health-scien...