Crash-55 t1_iv5ent4 wrote
PTSD has always been around but it got much worse starting in WWI. The reason being that you could no longer see who was trying to kill you. Before then you usually saw the enemy. Once long range artillery started you no longer saw where the attack was coming from. Aerial bombing made this worse. So those types of warfare amped up PTSD.
Also in centuries past the idea of going to war and killing people was seen almost as a right of passage, especially for the nobility. Now it is seen as necessary but still wrong to kill someone. That makes it hard for the brain to process the experience
Open_Needleworker484 t1_ivpx3cg wrote
I agree that modern weapons are probably much more fear inducing than previous weapons like bows and spears. I would feel terrified if there were a group of people with melee instruments on the other side of a stone wall clamoring over to get me. But I know I can take cover from direct fire weapons and will be perfectly safe. I have felt the extreme fear of accurate incoming artillery. After the first experience all the fear responses to all incoming fire were similar. It’s like the feeling of thinking you’re about to win the lottery in reverse. Wondering where the next one falls did the gunner adjust 30 to the left or right or is the effect coming since the last round blew dust and rocks all over you. Terrifying.
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