shell shock.
shell shock or combat fatigue
In WW I it was called shell shock; we now would call it post traumatic stress disorder.
Because of 'shell shock' - what we now call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Many believe that WWI is when post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) first was seen.
Well it means extreme shock ,trauma and stress, mainly about war, especially in World War 1. People with shellshock are usually shocked, traumatised and stressed about the war, and have flashbacks, nightmares and hallucinations about the war. In World War 2 it was called combat stress. Today it is called post traumatic stress disorder. (PTSD)
The number of World War I veterans who suffered from Post Traumatic Stress was quite large. The intense shelling and death in the trenches caused many people to suffer with this disorder. The percentage has been estimated to be as high as 30 40 percent.
It was known as shell shock in those days but is now recognised as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The most common ongoing effect of soldiers fighting in World War 1 was shell shock or what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder. Trench foot was also common in World War 1.
Men and women who survived World War I were called The Lost Generation. This was because the fighting was so barbaric that many people who returned from the war lost faith in God. Many turned to drugs or alcohol, and suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
PTSD is caused by stressful/life threatening situations.... It was World War I and the majority of combat was trench oriented, and even apart from battle the conditions were hellish at best.
A.A. Milne suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after serving in World War I, which influenced some of his work, but he did not have a chronic illness while writing his books.
The British army often executed their own soldiers in World War One for crimes such as desertion and cowardice. Often these soldiers were suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, or were pacifists.