PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can develop after experiencing a traumatic event, hence the acronym which is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Much of the anxiety can derive from threatened death, serious injury, sexual assault, and/or rape. The people who experience PTSD the most are soldiers. PTSD can happen to anybody. For women, it's usually sexual assault or child sexual assault; for men, it's accidents, injury, near-death, or witnessing death. Around 7-8% of the population will have PTSD at some point in their lives. Comparatively, there's 10% of women who develop it compared to 4% of men in the population.Anyone who goes into the military has a greater potential to develop PTSD than most individuals. During the Vietnam War, 15% of soldiers were diagnosed with PTSD, afterwards, 30% of all veterans of the Vietnam War were later diagnosed with PTSD. After the Gulf War (Desert Storm), about 12% of all veterans were diagnosed with PTSD. About 11-20% of all soldiers going through Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom develop PTSD. So soldiers happen to be the largest population with PTSD, so far.
PTSD can be very devastating in its long term affects, however it can actually last for just a few months which is definitely more common. Having PTSD means attending social events is extremely difficult, for example, going to a baseball game and not being able to decipher whether it's fireworks or an explosive. Other effects (sexually) could mean blocking yourself from a certain gender and becoming afraid most of the time. In conclusion, PTSD is definitely a horrible thing to go through and the effects are devastating and with it, the statement "We're coming home"feels like an endless lie.
Camron: "In my personal opinion, absolutely no one should ever go through something so sinister and demented as war and the violent actions of others in their lives."
Jacob: "I believe that PTSD is derived from the most impossible and unbelievable traumatic events in a person's life."
Sources: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/PTSD-overview/basics/how-common-is-ptsd.asp
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