Ive been diagnosed with ptsd and most i know from the infantry but i can say it truly depends on the individual in terms of severity - theres similarities but everyone handles differently

your brain gets severly injured, by lets say a motar that lands next to you, becasue of the shockwave and blast

and your brain gets put into a state of repair

during that time it is extremely vulnurable

and being in a battle is just about the worst thing for your brian while its injured

Id say mine is much more based around nightmares and paranoia - but I feel like a normal functioning person - but many dont

nerves are also stressed in battle

expecially in the middle east with so many IED and suicide bombers

each step could be your last

Oh yeah, if you drive and im in the passenger seat, dont be bothered about my headchecking everywhere

I always like driving - guess its a control thing

there is a great book abou the men who were trapped in stalingrad, which is the worst battle ever recoreded for many factors

and their decent into madness

I can only imagine

due to their nerves being shot

and no sleep

and no food

and no warmth

and no medicine

its a horrible, awlful read

but it makes you appreaciate your life

Im a history enthusiast so id read it

read "the forgotten soldier" buy guy sajer

amazing book

the shit that guy went through during ww2 is unfathomable

Will do

any time i feel like my current situation is shitty i thank the lord i wasnt freezing my ass off in russia, while sick as a dog, and being bombed by the russians

Anytime I was in the shit, i just told myself that millions have gone through so much more than I did

the more i read about ww2, the more i think that it was just a big waste of human life and uneeded suffering by all sides

i dont care what side

World War I even more so

even worse

millions upon millions of men where slaughtered for no real good reason

most of them were just average dude like you and me

maybe a small handful were turely awful people

truely

many of them became awful people becasue of the war

Im glad I made it out with all limbs and some sanity left

but i think the work would be better off today if all theose brave men didnt die and instead lived on and had famlies

all the strong men died through ww1 and ww2

Our God is an awesome God