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- Aug 18, 2020
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I had this thought when I watched the news and saw the horrible war crimes in Ukraine. They interviewed suriviors some of them described PTSD symptoms.
In the past centuries there were even way more wars and tortures. Still it is horrible what nowadays happens I don't question that. But I thought about the following: Some centuries ago public executions were very popular. There were many folk festivals and also children watched the brutal executions of allegded criminals. Why did not all these people develop psychosis or PTSD? I mean they watched extreme brutal torture in real life. Many of them as vulnerable children. I think if someone from us would experience similar things many would be seriously traumatised.
I found one article which was a little bit helpful for answering this question. The resilience towards traumata always depends on the way how one grew up and the circumstances of that time period. Moreover it is probably impossible to compare PTSD in the Middle Ages to PTSD from nowadays.
Still I am wondering. I mean the brutality in this time period was unbelievable. And so many people have watched it. For them watching someone getting tortured was entertainment. Moreover I think experiencing this in real life is completely different than watching gore on the computer nowadays.
In the past centuries there were even way more wars and tortures. Still it is horrible what nowadays happens I don't question that. But I thought about the following: Some centuries ago public executions were very popular. There were many folk festivals and also children watched the brutal executions of allegded criminals. Why did not all these people develop psychosis or PTSD? I mean they watched extreme brutal torture in real life. Many of them as vulnerable children. I think if someone from us would experience similar things many would be seriously traumatised.
I found one article which was a little bit helpful for answering this question. The resilience towards traumata always depends on the way how one grew up and the circumstances of that time period. Moreover it is probably impossible to compare PTSD in the Middle Ages to PTSD from nowadays.
Still I am wondering. I mean the brutality in this time period was unbelievable. And so many people have watched it. For them watching someone getting tortured was entertainment. Moreover I think experiencing this in real life is completely different than watching gore on the computer nowadays.
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