Did you know the word Gay was coined before the word straight? Its true! The western world had a word for an atypical behavior before the typical one. Complex PTSD was coined after "regular" PTSD for the same reason. Complex PTSD is the PTSD you get from long term early life trauma and it has always been ubiquitous- like heterosexuality- so much so that we didn't even think it was it's own medical condition until 1980. We now know that trauma changes the human body on a molecular level. Anyways here's a good read I found that might answer your question better it has documentation of PTSD all the way back to ancient times. It's not too dense https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181586/
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Reply to Has PTSD due to trauma and/or violence affected humans for centuries or is this a more recent phenomenon? Have there always been long-term effects when an individual experiences trauma and/or violence? by shooflydont
Did you know the word Gay was coined before the word straight? Its true! The western world had a word for an atypical behavior before the typical one. Complex PTSD was coined after "regular" PTSD for the same reason. Complex PTSD is the PTSD you get from long term early life trauma and it has always been ubiquitous- like heterosexuality- so much so that we didn't even think it was it's own medical condition until 1980. We now know that trauma changes the human body on a molecular level. Anyways here's a good read I found that might answer your question better it has documentation of PTSD all the way back to ancient times. It's not too dense https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181586/