PTSD is more than war

Kylie 2022-04-22 07:01:48

I still remember the soldiers returning from the battlefield in "Billy Lynn's Halftime Battle" standing in front of the big screen, flashing back to the war in Iraq constantly in their minds, and at this moment, surrounded by stars, fireworks, cheers The American, a hero surrounded by thousands of people, was lonely at that moment like a child abandoned by the whole world.

In modern warfare, people have begun to pay attention to mental health problems in warfare. But in the early 20th century, I guess no one was really concerned about the safety of this group. Some very impressive monologues: "The animal nature in the body is completely aroused, and the bayonet stabs the opposite German deeply." It was blown up, his eyes were hanging on his face, but he was still breathing, he would die no matter what, I could only pull the trigger to help him end the pain as soon as possible", "Those civilians who have not experienced all this, when we talk to them When telling everything that happened, even those with empathy can't really what happened." Just these monologues and the real pictures of dead bodies will make people shudder, and it is impossible to imagine what it would be like to be in them. Moreover, many of them are still children under the age of eighteen.

The true inner experience of PTSD patients—recurrent, involuntary, and intrusive painful memories of traumatic events . Hypervigilance, startling, irritability, attention problems, sleep disturbances, reckless destructive behavior, etc.

The pictures here are more vivid and real after being colored. This is not an anti-Japanese drama about torn devils, not a big-budget war story, but a real thing that happened and took millions of lives. The real war is the real life these teenagers have experienced."

Major mass incidents have far-reaching impacts on people, from the Wenchuan earthquake to the virus that is still going on this time. In a disaster, it can better reflect the loss, helplessness, loss and collapse of the individual. For those soldiers who were pushed to the forefront by military orders, advancing is their only choice. At this time, the identity of the individual is ambiguous and does not have real value. At the moment when the virus is raging, everyone must atone and pay for the very few acts of eating and selling wild animals. Come to think of it, wars, like disasters, are extremely absurd. The ostrich running on the street, the little girl chasing the ambulance can't see the last glimpse of her mother, Shuanghuanglian, HBZF, and this damn war are the epitome of magical realism. In the end, it ended with the collective PTSD of the people. Human beings are a very reflective group, but also a very forgetful group. Such absurdity will continue to be staged, and human beings will not learn anything from history. Saying a lot of nonsense, go back and revisit "The Myth of Sisyphus".

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  • Guillermo 2022-03-17 09:01:07

    Mainly rely on technology

  • Katlyn 2022-03-20 09:02:36

    Becoming a captive of the enemy force seemed to be liberated, and no one cheered after the announcement of victory. Sleeping while standing can still fall asleep, and moldy biscuits will not cause diarrhea. The disillusionment of war is not the lice, rats, gangrene swamp, the enemy's tanks and their own cannonballs, nor the fear of death and disability. Instead, he walked out of the barracks completely, and the guy behind the counter asked you where you were. It turns out that the humor of war is that you are not a hero, and it is meaningless.

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They Shall Not Grow Old quotes

  • Soldier: [waving at camera] Hi, mum.

  • Soldier: You don't look, you see. You don't hear, you listen. You taste the top of your mouth. Your nose is filled with fumes and death. But the veneer of civilization has dropped away.