Trauma and Addiction: Crash Course Psychology #31 

+agizzy23 Im really sorry that happened to you. May God bless you.

Shadman Ahmed no

+agizzy23 How are you now?

Seren1ty ok. not perfect, but way better than i was.

agizzy23 That's great, best of luck to you (& anyone else suffering)

please seek therapy. You need to talk to someone about this

lolofdoom Thanks for your concerns... I have, and my life has gotten better consistently since the end of my teenage years. CBT (cognitive behavior therapy) has been of great help, so was music, distance running and avoiding stress.

You should check out Hank Green's interview on Ear Biscuits, he talks about bullying

Silly Ellie I would imagine you do everything samlucky16 mentioned, but more. Like, find out what is wrong with the bullies life and seek help for that child as well. Counselling, therapy, arrange activites, talk to the parents, try to sort out any issues at home, especially if it involves domestic violence or abuse (which is likely), get social services (or whatever it's called in the US) involved as needed from there. But of course, that as well as everything samlucky mentioned, would require 2 things: 1) Money 2) Time These are two things i seriously doubt the school system, public or private, is willing to spend on preventing bullying and simultaneously improving quality of life for both bully and bullied (or victim, but imo that sounds slightly demeaning). Maybe i'm wrong, maybe i'm cynical, but i really believe the reason bullying goes unnoticed is not because we can't do anything, or don't know what it is we should do. We just don't care enough. At least, the school system doesn't. I'm not a bullying victim myself (damnit i still said it); just my two cents worth is all.

Silly Ellie This is a complex issue, and all the adverse effects you mention have to be taken into account. But stoping there just leads to status quo, and just letting victims go deeper in self-hatred and trauma is unacceptable. It's not like I have all the answers, but it wont stop me from saying when things are wrong.

I couldn't agree with you more

probably one of the best compliments one can get...cool story

probably one of the best compliments one can get...cool story

NightingaleSpica smells too help ptsd

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@@4everu984 Never heard that, that's really intriguing.

Just like old people I guess... xD Seriously when history looks back on the people of today, our culture's treatment of the mentally ill is going to be our greatest shame.

@@InternetMameluq it is very often true... also it's easier to diagnose only some details of PTSD (like attention deficit, mood disorders, anxiety, BPD , substance abuse, addictions like gambling, games etc) instead of doing a valid screening for PTSD. I was lucky to get very good help, but in adulthood, no help in my childhood at all.

@adam b She didn't say 4, she said "young". And it is statistically true, because it is difficult to diagnose PTSD specifically under the age of 18. It is often diagnosed as a different disorder and therefore the treatments are not targeted correctly. As a diagnosing professional, ativan is not the answer to PTSD, PTSD is different than anxiety. PTSD sxs need to be managed through somatic based psychotherapies. Don't spread false and distorted information.

There's also very few young people with genuine PTSD as you can't really develop genuine mental disorders until the brain has finished developing, until it's done developing you don't know what is actually wrong because it's changing. Most young people diagnosed with "PTSD" have simply been through trauma and don't have the right cognitive habits to deal with the thoughts arising. Giving them sympathy is all very well and good but don't you think it would be better to give them a but of genuine love and help them fix there thought behaviors and not coddle them into thinking their okay just as they are? Young people that are suffering don't need sympathy and coddling. They may want that but they don't need it.

@@IsaacMorgan98 there are many diagnosis for young people, including disassociate and other severely persistent type mental illnesses. The DSM outlines them clearly. True these diagnosis can change as they age, but it is untrue that you can not diagnose a brain in development. If that were the case, PTSD and others couldn't truly exist until 25-35 years of age, which is when the brain stops developing (tange is due to differing opinions). A 7 year old who has been brutally raped multiple times by their own mother or father can absolutely be traumatized and require therapy.

As a recovering opiate addict I truly appreciate your empathetic and compassionate beliefs regarding substance abuse. Thank you! ❤️ I really wish more people approached the subject of addiction like you do.

best of luck with your recovery!

What a great view point! We all have had experiences, whether it is personally or throughout your family in which people suffer from trauma and addiction, because they often are correlated so closely like you said. I am glad you touched on some of the things more personally, because that is so important for those individuals each day to help get over addiction. I have found that those that have lost control of their actions through being hurt or traumatized often turn these drugs to get rid of those negative emotions, all in all have often improved their lifestyles from the help of family and other loved ones, and often professionals. They had the support, and improved their lives. I know all cases are different but I figured Id share that I loved your view points!

ledzepgirl92 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 good comment!

It also ignores the very human tendency to take drugs. Alcohol, I mean someone discovered opium, coca, chocolate (not a drug, but shown to release emdorphins...?) But we only focus on the bad behavior of addicts, and then generalise this to anyone else that is using substances that are, currently, socially unacceptable.

+Lauren Sylar Soldier on. You can do it!

+Lauren Sylar stand with you!

Balsac Teabaghar what is wrong with you

+Lauren Sylar It does get better ... after awhile it fades ... I hope you have supportive people in your life to talk about it! If not, lots of places online to share and discuss. Hang in there! And no it not easy - it is complete shit. But it does get better and what you are feeling now ... you will not feel this way forever.

+Nicole Rain Keep going and it will only get better

Let go of the anger. Let go of the frustration. With some people, it's how they were raised, what they were exposed to. If they don't understand, try not to blame them. With some Other people tho, They're willfully and intentionally that way. Also *WAY* not worth raising your blood pressure over.

People who say that are very ignorant and should just be ignored. Abuse and neglect almost always have some level of ptsd afterwards and anyone who knows anything about psychology knows that. Ignore them. And choose really carefully who you tell. Not everyone needs to know.

Hey!@knomics, Are you still on here?

Sorry, kncomics. Typo.

Are you any better now then you were when you wrote this comment?

And I'm no friend of Bill, mostly because I am an atheist, but I don't hate on those it helps. Just not for me, but that's not diminishing their struggles. You will hear some horrible, heartbreaking stuff.

Nila's November Nila's November I believe the difference is DTD is during developmental stages and complex is during any period of a person's life where there was long term trauma or multiple instances. But I don't believe DTD is just "low level trauma", as op stated. I do support both being added to the dsm, and cptsd is being considered for end of 2018. It is probably very possible that DTD and cptsd can co morbidities

Rockerchavnerdemo I had no idea that even existed. It certainly makes sense. You learn something new everyday...

Thank you for mentioning and pointing this out. It's important people know that trauma doesn't always fall under instances like abuse or war. Death, divorce (parents &/or self), failure, disappointing others, abandonment of a family member, relocating, unstable home life, or years of stigmatizing treatment by authority figures are all examples of trauma. Some experience all or some of these in a lifetime, but because these aren't easily accepted or often talked about, it also becomes hard to identify these kinds of trauma in oneself.

Yes thank you, the evidence is measurable against normative lobe size and function in living brains. Tragically in many cases of prolonged physical childhood abuse, things like CTE can't be diagnosed until death. I'm very concerned for my brother, he suffered worse than I did and while the relation of force needed for each concussive event is inverse the relation of abuse over time is not.

Yes to this! I completely agree.

I know this is 2 years old but I'm hoping for the dsm to accept C-PTSD which is geared towards people who have had long term abuse or traumatic experiences, especially in childhood. I've had therapists say I had this unofficially, while officially being diagnosed with PTSD. I also have fibromyalgia and a number of other medical conditions, some I believe stem from childhood abuse like my IBS and as you mentioned fibromyalgia.

Grace Alway I thought I wrote this for a minute.. I agree 100!! HUGE issue in this country

Grace Alway The VA has exponentially more money to run studies and provide treatment than any other organization in the country. Also, it tends to be the veterans who respond to stimuli in life-threatening and harmful (to others as well as themselves) ways: if you're trained to respond to explosions by hitting the ground and firing a weapon, and your home has a weapon (as most soldiers' do), it's significantly logically and statistically more likely that someone who hears thunder crack might respond by accidentally shooting their spouse in the midst of their confusion. Dead spouses trump battered wives' nightmares every day of the week as far as media attention goes. Don't get me wrong, I think it's appalling that it's the people who comprise 40% of the total people with the disorder who are granted 85% of the resources (at 0% of the cost, and very frequently receive a benefit check to boot), while the other 60% live on a spectrum that ranges from struggling to function, much less pay for their care, all the way to the extremely small number who have excellent insurance and are managing their day-to-day, but still have to endure suffering the disease. Especially when you take into account that a good majority of women in the military who return with PTSD do so not as a result of combat, but as a result of having been sexually assaulted, usually by a superior officer. Yeah, that's a VA problem in the sense that they need to stop recruiting and training and keeping assholes, but less so on the "I'm a soldier and I have PTSD" funding score. I mean, if we're tallying which demographic needs that money and why, I tend to think those women fall into the "victim of abuse" category than the "combat veteran" category, even if they're both accurate statements. Anyway, the point is, the VA has the full backing of the United States government behind it. The rest of us just have ourselves and whatever non-profit we can find willing and able to help.

Kayla Feeney. Good observation. I would like to add to that if you had childhood trauma prior to enlisting then the VA will likely deny your claim as a preexisting condition. The VA help may be free but takes months to get and you get run through like cattle. I spent two years fighting with them and I would rather go back to suffering in silence and I regret ever bringing it to their attention.

So true. I know you probably don't care and this might be considered extremely embarrassing to talk about but, I was sexually assaulted, not raped, but other stuff were done to me as a kid. Multiple times. And I was violently abused and beaten by my step mother, also my parents divorced and left us, so now I'm grown, thinking I was normal, but I realized I haven't been normal all my life. I masturbated alot since I was a kid. I didn't even know what sex was. Now it's gotten even worse, I'm extremely hypersexual and I put anything and everything in me and masturbate. I feel extremely guilty about it and just wanna stop existing. I'm not a weak person, I've gone through so much but I've always stayed strong. But there are times depression takes over me. I don't even know how I'm still alive and going on. I feel soulless. I don't want to do it but it keeps pulling me. I don't share with anyone coz they'll think of me weak and frankly nobody cares so I'd rather not share it. But hey, I'm still here. I guess there's a good reason I'm still alive.

@@checkmattee222 There's a book called _Unwanted_ by J. Stringer that examines the childhood causes of disordered sexuality in adults and provides resources to help people overcome these issues. It is written from a religious perspective, but it isn't judgmental at all in its approach and as far as I know its one of the only books of its kind. Even if you aren't religious, the psychological insights could be quite valuable. I encourage you to check it out- I really think it could help you. Best of luck.

angelcollina hugs brain *SQUISH*

+Katherine Bass This is going to sound crazy but magic mushrooms helped me remember traumatic events from my childhood, things I completely forgotten about. I managed to cure my social anxiety and depression after several sessions with it and I haven't suffered from depression nor anxiety for two years now. It changed my life forever. If you can get over the (highly undeserved) stigma around psychedelic drugs I'm sure, you can discover what happened to you as a kid. Amber Lyon is the most famous person out there now who uses Ayahuasca and Mushrooms in the same way I did. She has a whole community at reset.me, with people who suffer from the same things as you. If you really don't know what to do anymore, you should check it. Best of luck.

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Good one

Sir, That is the most Genius pun.

Triratna yes, a very Big pun :)

That was punderful😂😂

Tara Dobbs + **virtual hug**

Same!👍

I'm thinking of taking up a psychology :D it sounds fun

Same!

Yeah me too. Been studying personally for years and suffering with anxiety for 20 years. Been in therapist since I was 5. Sadly most people don't believe in psych..

And your profile thumbnail makes the post even better. Nice.

Kshitij Shah hahahaha same!!!!!

Batman is the first person most of us know who had ptsd and used it in a constructive way so his thumbnail does make a lot of Sense

SAME here. Wasn't actually interested in Trauma and addiction... until now. :) Batman 4 Life!

I'm so sorry you have gone through horrible abuse. I hope you aren't in that bad situation still, because getting out of it is the first step to healing. (In my experience)

+Rin Easton Sorry to hear

whatsoever you did t the least of my bretheren yu did it unto me

Yes I agree, as triggers get worse, self medication does also.... it's scary...

bellavita rox Same here. Cptsd. You have the strength within you. I believe I’m about to make mine DIDCPTSD, and my personality that experiences emotions, has ocd. It’s been so confusing living with another identity that likes to put money in my pocket. While the other personality would only put it in my wallet. I finally understand and I’m 27. Only just today started realizing I remember being high on meth as a kid. I’ve had an addiction for almost 30 years that i didn’t know about. I couldn’t explain what it was that I feel I am missing. You’ve got this.

I have the same, c-ptsd and am going through art psychotherapy with EMDR ... It's so hard to deal with and I hope we all manage to get through this horror

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If I had the money to, I would order a translation of this series (and all CC series) into all the languages of the world. I would love to be able to share this with my french-speaking family. A heartfelt thank you guys.

Nice touch to release this on Bilbo and Frodo's birthday (Sept 22).

please don't call tolkien's stories allegorical he didn't like allegory. if you want to know why look up the full quote it like everything tolkien wrote is brilliant and extraordinarily well written.

Hey Crash course team. I wanted to bring up a topic relevant to today's. The use of MDMA through psychedelic therapy for the treatment of PTSD and other trauma base illnesses. Still may be a area of taboo for some, but the evidence and research are there. Look into M.A.P.S, it really is an amazing group that needs more publicity.

ImaCrackBaby69 it is heavily implied to the point of it being a reasonable assumption from what he said. he did not explicitly say it.

True, but I just glance at some websites that made strong evidence that support that Tolkien may have PTSD. He had at least two major breakdowns. One in 1945 and the other in 1948. Considering that Tolkien was also a war veteran, it would be absurd to not consider it as a valued diagnose.

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JRR Tolkien's basement was full of unpublished writings after he passed away. This gave his son Chis the opportunity to create post-mortem stories and books. Chris is very respectful and did a very good job. But I digress, the thing is is that I think that JRR Tolkien used his love for writing as a tool to deal with his mental disorders.

Yeah the stories of Tolkien are like a parallel to the conflict in Europe that happened in his lifetime.

j/k

yeah... exept psychologists are not the ones helping schizophreniacs. It's simply not their job. Psychologists are not psychiatrists .

I am very sorry to admit that I didn't read anything you wrote bu I just saw your username and pf pic and although this is my not phan acc I STILL WANT TO TELL YOU YOUR PROFILE PIC AND NAME AND YOU ARE AMAZING (hehe amazing.. Phil is amazing.. amazingphil.. (and amazingdan but THOSE VIDEOS STOPPED GODDAMN))

Whistling Maniac if they've gone through proper therapy and on medication why not? There are several psychiatrists that had a mental disorder

Kween Tiia MelanatedGoddess giiiirlll....you can do it! I'm an addict in recovery and I love psychology and anything having to do with the study of addiction. I'm starting school in 5 days (again...i'm 35 yo) to finish my Bachelor's in interdisciplinary studies and will hopefully go on to do addiction counseling. If I can do it, you can too! Living with ADD isn't easy and neither is going to school...sometimes you've got to not think about it, just do it. Love and prayers from SC!

Word.

Whisper Interstellar same dude. Same.

The worst part is me describing in debt my experience and people saying that sounds like x relative but you can't have PTSD because you have never been in a war. *rolls his eyes* oreally I think I have a war of my conciousness I've been through things that are effectively a war mayb enot a literaly war but they affect me in the same way the same delusion of what people are trying to say the same demons. The same surviorship bias thesame thing it dosen't have to be there for you to confront these things Disassociation is the worst part of it.

When I saw the list of things, I said the same about the ones on the left.

Bingo - Blind Ignorance No Grace, Offensive. That's what those people are who do not believe that civilians can get PTSD.

+minimooster indeed

I hope you get help. Best of luck to you.

I understand what you are feeling far too well, I broke my foot, and three months later broke my jaw in three places and cracked my cheek bones. I was prescribed opiates for over eight months. I begged, even cried when my doctor threatened to cut me off cold turkey, I'm addicted to caffeine, I was a heavy smoker, both weed and regular smokes. Had periods of binge drinking, and behavioral addictions like internet and porn. Self medication is usually a symptom of something worse.

Buddy, if you ever do get help do not settle for anything less tthan a 12 step program. It's meant to be hard to get over that wall of triggers that make you want to use. Ive been to treatment myself for alcohol abuse. I can honestly say it's one of the hardest things to go through, but when you come out you come out the person you're meant to be. I wish you luck with whatever you decide to do. :)

Get it. The sooner the better. I personally have never been addicted to a drug, but I have been addicted to food. Now that I've almost lost 25 pounds (and growing) I realize how much more fun life can be.

look for help. admitting you need help is the first step, but it means nothing if you don't actually seek the help. be strong, admit your weakness, and borrow strength from others. You have our best wishes, but only you can do it.

Chief Keith DaType If you arent already in treatment for that (and possibly if you are) - there are some pretty good resources and programs out there for heroin addicts! I really recommend that you go to your doctor and look into options for you :) (they wont report it to police or anything, dont worry health professionals are bound by confidentiality in this case). Things like addiction therapy and methadone programs can really help maintain/regain a good quality of life. Good luck!

KingLev5150 you can't help how you chose to cope. We do the best we can in any given situation and that's what you did. I am an addict who chose to self medicate from the misery of major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. I am in recovery now and have been for almost 9 years though I fight my demons every single day. It's just not an easy road and I feel for you so much. I know that this was 3 yrs ago and I pray that you're doing better now...if not, feel free to contact me anytime.

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You should write a script or a book or something

that's horrible. I am glad you where able to carry on after this and I wish you the best of luck

I'm so, so sorry. I hope you have people in your life who can help you cope.

Deezet what a shocking, tragic and powerful story. I am so sorry for your loss and your experience.

+Ernesto Zamora I wonder if your brain didn't recognize the gun-point crimes as real, but because the longboard accident was less extreme, it allowed you to feel the post stress from that.

+Ernesto Zamora sorry to hear

I apologize about the grammar. Wrote this late at night on a cell phone with Swype. Not exactly perfect.

With my system, we had a 150 Km range, more if we could connect to other ground stations, (doing my best not to use the technical terms. Not for classification, although there are some small parts, but mostly to make sense.) And even more if you were attached to another model of the bird, or using The Air Force's systems (much nicer than The Army's). Even though the bird is 15,000 feet up, you have more options than you'd think to help, but not everything goes smoothly. Just because your bird is in the air doesn't mean things will go your way. Just adds a nice safety net in the event that thing's don't go the way that the soldiers on the ground want them too.

Not buying it. Don't you dare compare a video gamer's war exposure to that of the man on the ground. How dare you. I almost want to vomit.

Snipers have the same problem. They kill those who don't pose a current danger to others or themselves, they only know abstractly that they are fighting on one side of a conflict. They can see the pupils in another person's eyes. They might be extreme, but they could if given psychological help reenter society be normal. To kill someone, no matter how much you say to yourself that it's justified, is actually much harder than it seems.

Derek Shelton are you comparing a drone pilot’s experience to a video game?

Trigger warnings aren't for people with trauma they are for people who are easily offended. I've got PTSD too and you know what? I wouldn't for a second tell someone else to self censor just to accommodate myself. People on the internet aren't breaking your front door down and forcing triggers on you. It starts with 'content warnings' then it becomes content censorship then its becomes full blown 'you cant talk about this because someone might get upset.'

Jackpkmn I have PTSD, too, but I agree with the OP. Don't get me wrong, I'm hugely against censorship, especially since I'm working towards a Library Sciences degree. But putting a label on something or tagging a post "sexual abuse trigger warning" is much different from censoring something because someone might get upset. I'm not expecting the internet to censor football and marching band from me because it's a trigger, but I'd really appreciate a warning on a movie if it was going to contain a crash sequence.

skilynnclari how do you include trigger warnings for EVERYTHING then? What if actors in a movie trigger someone? How would you tell between someone being triggered with actual PTSD and not just the easily offended? We've already seen how people can use content warnings as leverage to get more control and more censorship its not a theoretical slippery slope anymore.

Jackpkmn I don't expect trigger warnings for everything, but general ones could go a long way for a lot of people.

Where is the line to be drawn? Once we start accommodating certain people its not going to be long before everyone starts demanding special accommodation.

true

don't watch... read

Read It

No it doesn’t, the books are amazing though.

gamerfitness This might be odd to say, but preventive treatment might do wonders to avoid PTSD. Even in the frontlines, having a psychologist or a group of psychologists (Chances are one alone will go insane) to give regular therapy to all soldiers on duty could help them cope with the terrible situation.

+Sinclairelim good suggestion, world peace is also another great preventative but your ideas good too. lol.

Ditto.

I have PTCD Post Traumatic Cringe Disorder

Because there's nothing illegal about thought. But drugs kill

You can't really arrest someone for what they're thinking/feeling if they don't act on it.

LeonFirestrike Except for Conspiracy. If you're thinking about robbing a bank or blowing up a plane, you can be arrested even if you don't act on them.

+Marianna Love I was attacked by wasps when I was 13 and now I have a huge fear of them, I've even had panic attacks. So I know how you feel...

My son is the same with bees - foot in a nest & stung when he ws 7

I would like that too!

+Mariva DeBorde Same...

I started tearing up

where is that?

Interesting - that same graphic gave me the willies. A hand stroking an exposed brain would trigger a pathogenic disaster. The exact opposite of the intended meaning: the hand being comforting.

because he was white?

I'm very sorry to hear that. I'm a huge dog person that has lost dogs too. So I understand a little bit. Of course I've never been in a car crash but you know what I mean. I'll keep you in my prayers if that's okay with you.

Crazy Bacon Huskeys I know how you feel my dog had gotten eaten by an alligator his face was crushed it's very sad. But anyway I heard cannabis really helps with your anxiety insomnia and ptsd. I hope it gets better man✌🏻️

If it's any consolation: there is no time limit for when it's okay to move past a family death... 7 months is 100% okay to still be upset about, especially for two traumatic experiences at once.

If someone tries to tell you otherwise they're a brute, don't listen to them. Oh and another thing on the off chance you read this: look up Ajahn Braham on RU-vid; he's a Buddhist monk and his sermons on loss and... everything really helped me put my problems into perspective. Also: there's a good chance you're misinterpreting 'letting go'. At least I was; if I tried to explain the proper way I'd not do it justice, so if that interests you, please look up the stuff I recommended!

Like the person above said its ok to be sad. there are some sadnesses that you dont 'get over' you just learn to live with them. stay strong and beautiful

Well, yeah. LOTR wasn't an allegory about war and how to deal with its effects. It was LITERALLY a story about war and how to deal with its effects.

sometimes writers stories are about more than they intend

ProfAwesomeO Yeah, but allegory REQUIRES intent. Like, Orwell's Animal Farm is a direct allegory, where each symbol has a one-to-one relationship to a real world concept, but Tolkien specifically wrote his story without making "the ring be nuclear power" or any direct connections. Any connections you find with the story might be valid, but it doesn't make it allegory.

Randy Knapp what you say is true. but I was not arguing that it is an allegory.

Randy Knapp Perhaps allegory is the wrong word, but the story can still be interpreted as a way for Tolkien to cope with his PTSD. This story-writing-as-coping-mechanism is the intended point here. You can argue the semantics all you want, but you would also be directing the conversation away from the intended topic here: understanding trauma and addiction. Personally, I agree with you but I see being hung up on such detail is derailing any useful conversation.

well it may be possible, but I have yet to see such a case

Cyber-bullying?

Probably going thorough flashbacks at Crime Alley

Feels Bat man

You probably have a point. The usual viking stereotype (not that i would know anything more in-depth than that) is of a guy who loves to bash skulls in. I guess if you are raised to love killing you wouldn't be traumatized by it. However, War has changed a lot since the day of the vikings. I'd say a viking biting his time till being bombarded with mustard gas in a WW1 trench would be just as traumatized by war as most other people.

There's not much of a difference between "boring and inglorious" to mind-numbing, soul-sucking and alienating. When i said war ad changed i mostly meant that there are tons of new ways to die, most of them which don't even require the prior knowledge of the one being murdered. You can be poisoned with gas, bombarded by planes or shot from afar and you would never even know it. To be connstantly stressed with the threat of death and not being able to do nothing about it can really fuck you up in the head to put it bluntly. By "imitation of thor's lightning" you meant bombs right? ( good joke BTW (not sarcasm)). I don't think anyone, even vikings would be able to take lightly having explosions all around them, something to which they are not used and can be quite traumatizing. I believe we should just end the discussion here since it'd be impossible to get a viking to participate in WW1 and it's starting to feel like a discussion on "who'd win iron man or batman?"

Natasel Not to mention berserkers would often go into battle drunk, so they are too mentally impaired to fear death.

I think historical soldiers did suffer from PTSD, but since it had not yet been identified as a disorder, it wasn't recorded - I study the Napoleonic Wars, and there are numerous accounts of soldiers exhibiting symptoms similar to PTSD - it's just that the culture of the time didn't know about it, so they didn't explicitly record it. Likely a lot of it got lumped in under 'insanity'.

I guess it depends on the person. Some have PTSD, some become addicted to the adrenaline. Although it probably has increased since WWI, but I haven't checked that. Also they win because they are so drunk/stoned to feel pain, like the Laughing Dead from the Eragon series. plus, Hounds of Calann are fricking terrifying.