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> "People would refuse to show PTSD symptoms under the threat of violence." Doesn't the plight of homeless veterans today demonstrate that PTSD and mental illn
by ThrowawayR2 7y ago
> "People would refuse to show PTSD symptoms under the threat of violence."
Doesn't the plight of homeless veterans today demonstrate that PTSD and mental illness is not something that can be easily hidden, even under threat of violence?
- pjc50 7y agoHomelessness is an effective way of hiding the symptoms at the cost of hiding the whole human from society. How many homeless lives are in the historical record? To the extent that they are referenced at all, they will appear as beggars in the background of some wider historical event. You can beat symptoms out of someone if you don't care whether they survive the process. Then you have no people with visible symptoms around cluttering up the place.
- ThrowawayR2 7y agoBut that goes back to the author's point: some mention of many beaten-to-death veterans would've received mention in ancient works but doesn't. And that's setting aside the idea that beating up a veteran who's primary combat skill was close combat, unlike modern veterans, was something easily done.