English Civil Wars Veteran describing Trauma

[steve_holmes_11]

It's a fascinating discussion, and a tribute to this particular forum and its contributors that such depth can be explored.

I've little to add to the fine contributions above.
I'll just note that the Israelis were (about a decade ago) considered world leaders in PTSD diagnosis and its treatment.
This was likely inevitable; a nation with a lot of smarter than the average people, and one that's permanently under arms.

Those who are really interested can find academic papers through their favourite search engine.

[FierceKitty]

So you think you know from trauma? Your uncle Mordecai, now, he was up and ready to go for them again twenty minutes after they took his arm off, without anaesthesia already. But young men today, do they listen to their mothers, who know best? Oy vay....