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Why do modern soldiers get PTSDs from killing sandcoons using drones from 40303 miles away safe and with air conditioning when soldiers 2000 years ago rejoicide at the chance of slaughtering the local populance with impunity?
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its really hard to write down "I was scared and have nightmares about war" when you are both illiterate and writing on dirt tablets. next time ask grok, retard.
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>>64666284
I’ll list my suspicions. For one yes in fact PTSD was a real thing back then too. Usually it’d be attributed to dudes being haunted by the people they killed or something, there’s old writings from knights about that in their journals. Another thing is life was just shittier back then so they had a higher threshold. Modern day people have probably become slightly more empathetic. Last one is old school battles there would be weeks of maneuvering prior to the lines meeting and the actual affair could be very uneventful for many soldiers, so soldiers had a long time to gas themselves up for the fight and know when it’s coming. The modern battlefield you’re constantly on edge knowing your head could just explode any minute
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>>64666344
fpbp
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>>64666284
Most PTSD is bullshit these days because

1) Pussies tried to normalize it for their own political reasons and "destigmatize" it. Thus claiming PTSD isn't discouraged systematically within the military as it once was. There is no pathology by which PTSD can be identified which cannot be faked or is their some high standard imposed upon the claimants.

2) Due to the government doing nothing worthy of loyalty it receives none in turn. Combine that with darkies and women using it is a gibs program and white men who do all the fighting have no reason not to claim everything they can to squeeze as much money out of the system as possible. And if you are getting money for it you can just tell your buddies you are lying and they will also laugh at the government for giving you money. There is no social pressure not to lie.

3) Its not even Post Traumatic, its just stress which causes problems. If you are constantly on edge while waiting for action it does fuck with your brain chemistry which causes lethargy when you aren't under stress anymore. Hence why the phenomena became more apparent after WW1.

4) Actual brain injuries can cause similar symptoms as those attributed to PTSD, and on the modern battlefield repeated brain injury is more likely even just from riding around.
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>>64666284
You're conflating PTSD with moral injury. You get PTSD from illegally invading a country on behalf of Israel and the banks and watching your friends die in front of you, but you get a moral injury from invading that country and killing children.
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>>64666284
>Why do modern soldiers get PTSDs
They don't. 95%+ of combat veterans don't suffer from PTSD. It's just a media meme propagated through movies and the like.
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>>64666284
People obviously had PTSD back then but life was hard. They were preoccupied living in the moment.

A similar phenomenon on why a lot of complete shit hole countries rank happier populations than some first world.
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>>64666284
Becauase 90% of soldiers should never be soldiers. It has always been this way.



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