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PTSD is also lumped in with shell shock, a jarring of the braincase after explosions (usually during a war) with physical damage. It's unthinkable to me they lu
by graphe 3y ago
PTSD is also lumped in with shell shock, a jarring of the braincase after explosions (usually during a war) with physical damage. It's unthinkable to me they lump it in with mental problems.
George Carlin skit. https://youtu.be/hSp8IyaKCs0 https://youtu.be/hSp8IyaKCs0
- throwanem 3y ago'Shell shock' is an obsolete term originating in the First World War (1914-1918) and referring indeterminately to either PTSD secondary to war trauma, or the chronic traumatic encephalopathy to which you refer. The term's imprecision is why it was retired. I recall the bit well, and being struck as much by its insistence on direct and meaningful language as by the fierce sort of kindness he made evident in its ending. Carlin was and is a treasure. But if I get treated for PTSD when what I have is CTE or vice versa, I probably won't do so well. In that sense, the more specific modern terms do have value, jargon though they also be.
- graphe 3y agoIt is not obsolete anymore, or will be renamed blast shock. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_shock https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_shock https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/blast-shock-tbi-ptsd-ied-shell-shock-world-war-one https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/blast-sho...
- throwanem 3y agoI don't know that 'renamed' is the word. Borrowing from the older term to name a newly recognized phenomenon, I'd rather say. On the other hand, they could call it Tuesday for all I care, if doing so helps people get effective treatment for it.