Vietnam was a time of fear and a fight for peace that cost many people their lives and their sanity. Many young men were sent off to war and were taught to not be afraid and to just bury all their emotions for the greater good. Theys men were told that if they had to they would be giving their lives for their country. Vietnam soldiers were so young and being sent off into a big jungle in a place they did not understand and being told to fight for the united states they were scared they feared everything. Fear was felt by every soldier and sometimes this fear never left. Vietnam jungle made people afraid,vietnam war was a fight for peace, and the impact that vietnam left on the soldiers.
Fear is one of the strongest emotions next to anger which both were felt during the vietnam war. When we are scared sometimes we do things that we don’t want to do or think we can’t do. During vietnam you were weak if you were scared because of it being seen as a weakness many people left vietnam with problems. In the short story “Where have you gone charming billy” he talks …show more content…
PTSD is a disease of people who have experienced traumatic events they have flashbacks, upsetting dreams, and anxiety after the event. The disease just got it name in 1980 five years after the vietnam war ended NVVRS or the national vietnam veterans readjustment study did a evaluation of vietnam vets and up to 15% of them had PTSD or a form of it. People that have PTSD still live in fear of what happened 40 years or more after their service they say 7% of women and 11% of men still live with this disease and among theys people 37% of them met the criteria for major depression. They are still running test and doing study on vets with PTSD to see the long-term effects of this disease and how it affects their mental health in everyday
Fear is one of the strongest emotions next to anger which both were felt during the vietnam war. When we are scared sometimes we do things that we don’t want to do or think we can’t do. During vietnam you were weak if you were scared because of it being seen as a weakness many people left vietnam with problems. In the short story “Where have you gone charming billy” he talks …show more content…
PTSD is a disease of people who have experienced traumatic events they have flashbacks, upsetting dreams, and anxiety after the event. The disease just got it name in 1980 five years after the vietnam war ended NVVRS or the national vietnam veterans readjustment study did a evaluation of vietnam vets and up to 15% of them had PTSD or a form of it. People that have PTSD still live in fear of what happened 40 years or more after their service they say 7% of women and 11% of men still live with this disease and among theys people 37% of them met the criteria for major depression. They are still running test and doing study on vets with PTSD to see the long-term effects of this disease and how it affects their mental health in everyday