tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post4824717289988896470..comments2024-03-28T18:59:57.979+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Experience Of WarKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-8126680514754500742022-10-24T21:31:48.095+01:002022-10-24T21:31:48.095+01:00Kaor, Jim!
And I agree that must be part of what ...Kaor, Jim!<br /><br />And I agree that must be part of what PTSD is, as a disorder.<br /><br />Ad astra! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-8607501256264061952022-10-24T18:37:49.271+01:002022-10-24T18:37:49.271+01:00My understanding is that the 'Post' in PTS...My understanding is that the 'Post' in PTSD is because it is something that occurs *after* the traumatic events. Eg: an ex-soldier might react violently to something startling because that was a totally appropriate & life saving response in the jungles of Vietnam.Jim Baerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182949391365921637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-48043303322431309612022-10-23T22:04:37.616+01:002022-10-23T22:04:37.616+01:00Kaor, Jim and Paul!
Jim: I think, most times, in ...Kaor, Jim and Paul!<br /><br />Jim: I think, most times, in the fierce concentration hand to hand combat requires, most soldiers will be busy controlling their emotions and killing the SOB trying to kill YOU.<br /><br />Paul: My recollection is that the symptoms of what we now call PTSD was first clearly described as a disorder during WW I. In those days it was called "shell shock."<br /><br />Ad astra! Sean Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-45882802326725985262022-10-23T21:00:28.316+01:002022-10-23T21:00:28.316+01:00A disorder not recognised as such back then.A disorder not recognised as such back then.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-23830375654518518692022-10-23T20:46:12.095+01:002022-10-23T20:46:12.095+01:00I have been listening to episodes of Dan Carlin...I have been listening to episodes of Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History". When the topic is a war he often mentions how much worse a battle must have been when you were face to face with someone trying to you while you try to kill him, than when war is conducted using projectile weapons. OTOH battles tended to be shorter then. In any case there must have been many people with what we now call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.Jim Baerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182949391365921637noreply@blogger.com