PTSD is not something that was invented to excuse the psychological weakness of the modern generation. People who go through traumatic experiences have always been altered by those experiences. Throughout history, some of the men who came home from war were very different people to the guys who cheerfully marched off looking for glory.
Most people are capable of eventually coming to terms with traumatic events, but some people are left with life-altering psychological damage. Why some people are more susceptible to this than others isn't clear, but genes and the size of certain areas of the brain do seem to be risk factors.
I guess the generation the old guys were talking about were those who went through the Great Patriotic War. Given everything that happened in the Soviet Union during that period, I'm sure a huge number of people - both soldiers and civilians - were left damaged. Since the problem wasn't acknowledged and they weren't given any help in coming to terms with it, it's hardly surprising that some self-medicated with alcohol and/or were subject to outbursts of rage which they themselves didn't understand.
IIN that loads of people I know go to therapy
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PTSD is not something that was invented to excuse the psychological weakness of the modern generation. People who go through traumatic experiences have always been altered by those experiences. Throughout history, some of the men who came home from war were very different people to the guys who cheerfully marched off looking for glory.
Most people are capable of eventually coming to terms with traumatic events, but some people are left with life-altering psychological damage. Why some people are more susceptible to this than others isn't clear, but genes and the size of certain areas of the brain do seem to be risk factors.
I guess the generation the old guys were talking about were those who went through the Great Patriotic War. Given everything that happened in the Soviet Union during that period, I'm sure a huge number of people - both soldiers and civilians - were left damaged. Since the problem wasn't acknowledged and they weren't given any help in coming to terms with it, it's hardly surprising that some self-medicated with alcohol and/or were subject to outbursts of rage which they themselves didn't understand.