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post #31 of 33
6/19/08 at 5:51am
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Originally Posted by Mer636 View Post
.....My grandfather was in D-Day and he still couldn't talk about his days in the army until the day he died very sobering to think of all those who fought and lost so much
I have to wonder how many veterans of earlier wars suffered from what we recognize today as PTSD. They suffered in silence without help.
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post #32 of 33
6/19/08 at 10:29am
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I have to wonder how many veterans of earlier wars suffered from what we recognize today as PTSD. They suffered in silence without help.
I had a great-uncle who fought in WWI, and came back "shell-shocked". He spent the rest of his life in a VA hospital psychiatric ward.

PTSD was recognized, but there was little understanding of how to treat it.
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post #33 of 33
6/19/08 at 11:11am
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I have to wonder how many veterans of earlier wars suffered from what we recognize today as PTSD. They suffered in silence without help.
Good point.

My father fought in WWII, he is going to be 85 years old next month, he still, to this day, has nightmares on a very regular basis, as in, almost nightly. He screams and yells and throws punches.
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