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Psychological Impact of WWII on soldiers
Psychological impact of WWII on soldiers
Lauren Page
Thesis
Soldiers in all of the wars are heroes, not just because they fought and risked their lives, but because they endured the long-term effects of war. They sacrificed their sanity for the war and some of them faced something that they would have to deal with for a great amount of time. They were psychologically traumatized for the rest of their lives.
Thesis
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDERS
PTSD
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, other violent personal assault.
SHELL SHOCK
Shell Shock
One type of PTSD is called shell shock. Many soldiers suffered from it, as it was caused by the heavy explosions and constant fighting associated with the war. Troops suffering from shell shock struggled with sleep. They panicked on hearing gunshots, loud noises, shouting and similar. Sometimes it affected their ability to walk and talk.
The term "shell shock" was Named by the soldiers themselves. Symptoms included fatigue, tremor, confusion, nightmares and impaired sight and hearing. It was often diagnosed when a soldier was unable to function and no obvious cause could be identified.
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Video
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Leaving the battlefield: Soldier shares story of PTSD
Short Story
I don't know what the trigger was, but it hit me hard. I went home one evening and all of sudden, I felt a tightness in my chest, it was hard to breathe, I felt closed in and panicky. I bolted out of bed thinking I was dying. I paced the room in the dark for hours before I exhausted myself. I almost went to the ER that night, but the Soldier in me said to stick it out. The morning came and it hit again, a panic, a fear of being closed off, claustrophobia, and pains in the chest. I thought maybe I was having a heart attack and, if I was, I needed to see a doctor. A heart attack was honorable, PTSD was not. I went to sick call and they ordered a battery of tests to exclude any heart condition. When my heart was cleared, the doctors recommended I see someone in CHMS. I thought to myself, "I wasn't crazy, why do I need to see them? If I see them, I know the 'big' Army will find out and tag me as 'broken.'"
Poem
Survivors By Siegfried Sassoon:
No doubt they’ll soon get well; the shock and strain
Have caused their stammering, disconnected talk.
Of course they’re ‘longing to go out again,’—
These boys with old, scared faces, learning to walk.
They’ll soon forget their haunted nights; their cowed
Subjection to the ghosts of friends who died,—
Their dreams that drip with murder; and they’ll be proud
Of glorious war that shatter’d all their pride…
Men who went out to battle, grim and glad;
Children, with eyes that hate you, broken and mad
Interview
Interview
Work Cited
Melhuish, Amber. Shell Shock. Write4fun.net, www.write4fun.net/view-entry/234281.
Leaving the battelfield: Soldier Shares story of ptsd, www.army.mil/article/78562/leaving_the_battlefield_soldier_shares_story_of_ptsd.
sassoon, Siegfred. Survivors. allpoetry.com/Survivors.
Works Cited
Shell Shocked. . , miepvonsydow.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/sheel-shocked.jpg.
Shell Shock WWII. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBfOnJplbrE&t=4s.
Yellin, Jerry, actor. World War II "Last Fighter Pilot" Capt. . www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_8lY12hEM.