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Plus there has been strong indicators that other animals can suffer from PTSD e.g. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ejn.12860 https://onlinelibra
by mattigames 7y ago
Plus there has been strong indicators that other animals can suffer from PTSD e.g. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ejn.12860 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ejn.12860
- kylek 7y agoAstounding that we’d think otherwise.
- Frondo 7y agoPurely anecdotally, as a pet owner this doesn't surprise me at all. I have two rescue cats that, from the descriptions from the fosters, had very stressful lives before I got them (attacks from dogs, being attacked by other cats in a feral cat colony, etc). I've also cats that had a very relaxed prior life. The differences in their behaviors is stark; one of the rescues displays a lot of stress behavior whenever there are loud noises or anything surprising. One of them has calmed down a lot, but those behaviors still pop up pretty regularly. I don't know enough about animal psychology or their inner worlds to say, "that's PTSD," (I do think, mind, that animals experience emotions, but how that experiences compares to human emotion, I don't know) but there sure seems to be something about reliving trauma there.