PTSD In Shakespeare's Hamlet

Dawn Stanyon once said, “It’s okay to not be perfect. It’s okay to make mistakes. It’s okay to do something that you hadn’t done, because if we don’t do those things, we never grow”. This quote fits the play of Hamlet, because despite Hamlet’s struggles he still manages to make it through the rough times in life. Throughout the play of Hamlet many things happen. At the beginning of the play Claudius (Hamlet’s uncle) kills king Hamlet (Hamlet’s father). Months after the king Hamlet's death Prince Hamlet is still grieving over his father’s death. Prince Hamlet’s goal is to avenge his father’s death. Due to his experiences, Hamlet has symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder also known as PTSD such as, flashback, nightmares, and severe emotional …show more content…
The first disorder is substance abuse. There are many ways to abuse substances, some examples are marijuana, 2K, spices, bath salt, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, hypnotics, opioid painkillers, methamphetamine, cocaine, club drugs (Molly, ecstasy and other drugs). People that abuse marijuana can experience red eyes, dry mouth, slowed/delayed reaction, increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, feeling “high”. Another substance that can be abused is 2K, spices, and bath salt. The symptoms abusers to 2K and spices are feeling “high”, confusion, vomiting, elevated moods, and extreme anxiety. When abusing bath salt they may experience violent behavior, problems thinking clearly, an increase in energy, sex drive, heart rate and sociability. Barbiturate, benzodiazepine, and hypnotics are also other drugs that get abused by people. The people that abuses these drugs can get the side effects are problems with memory, dizziness, breathing slower than normal, problems thinking clearly, and irritability. Other drugs is methamphetamine and cocaine and these two drug are a type of drug aren’t allowed and they’re considered a “street drug”. The symptoms a person will haven when on street drugs are things like aggression, increase in alertness and energy, they will also experience confusion, and their pupils will look dilated. They could also abuse club drugs some examples of club drugs are molly, ecstasy and ect. When talking club drug a person will experience chills, sweating, poor judgement, and problems moving. A big problem is people abusing opioid painkillers. The symptoms they will get are things like slurring their speech, problems remembering things, drowsiness, needle marks on their arms, and runny nose. People who have a substance abuse disorder will have many troubles. Substance abuse is common in many people and it can’t be given it genetically. People that have substance abuse disorder is they have