Victoria Mestre
Ms. Kiefer
All Quiet On The Western Front: PTSD
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD takes over the lives’ of people everyday. PTSD is a debilitating anxiety disorder that is often found in individuals whom have experienced traumatic or traumatizing events. PTSD is common in individuals whom have served in the military and have witnessed traumatic events, therefore, making it next to impossible to live their everyday lives.
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PTSD symptoms may include: flashbacks, jumpiness, and emotional detachment from people or places. Symptoms may start within one mere month of a traumatic occurrence. Yet, symptoms may not start to surface/come to the attention of yourself or others until years after the event. These “symptoms may cause serious …show more content…
Modern medicine objectifies that completely, proving that soldiers some 100 years ago did have PTSD and didn't know it. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul experiences some form of PTSD. While Paul is on leave he is walking around the the streets and hears tramcars ramming, he is startled. Paul that it was a shell, as the sounds were quite similar, almost the same. This is a form of PTSD because the sound triggered something that Paul experienced in war and it frightened him. Paul was also very easily irritated by the smallest things. “Paul was irritated with those he met when he was on leave and things that normally wouldn't have irritated him.” Associated with PTSD is alcoholism and at times substance abuse. Paul stated in the book that he "learned to drink in the army" (Remarque 164). Paul has no problem when drinking while on leave and he drank immediately to calm his nerves after hearing the tramcar, he thought was a shell.
Ms. Kiefer
All Quiet On The Western Front: PTSD
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD takes over the lives’ of people everyday. PTSD is a debilitating anxiety disorder that is often found in individuals whom have experienced traumatic or traumatizing events. PTSD is common in individuals whom have served in the military and have witnessed traumatic events, therefore, making it next to impossible to live their everyday lives.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=ptsd&src=IE-TopResult&FORM=IETR02&conversationid=
PTSD symptoms may include: flashbacks, jumpiness, and emotional detachment from people or places. Symptoms may start within one mere month of a traumatic occurrence. Yet, symptoms may not start to surface/come to the attention of yourself or others until years after the event. These “symptoms may cause serious …show more content…
Modern medicine objectifies that completely, proving that soldiers some 100 years ago did have PTSD and didn't know it. In All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul experiences some form of PTSD. While Paul is on leave he is walking around the the streets and hears tramcars ramming, he is startled. Paul that it was a shell, as the sounds were quite similar, almost the same. This is a form of PTSD because the sound triggered something that Paul experienced in war and it frightened him. Paul was also very easily irritated by the smallest things. “Paul was irritated with those he met when he was on leave and things that normally wouldn't have irritated him.” Associated with PTSD is alcoholism and at times substance abuse. Paul stated in the book that he "learned to drink in the army" (Remarque 164). Paul has no problem when drinking while on leave and he drank immediately to calm his nerves after hearing the tramcar, he thought was a shell.