Roberto von Archimboldi on Nostr: I think that you are right. I don't even encounter the worst stuff, but that is not ...

I think that you are right. I don't even encounter the worst stuff, but that is not survived.

I also think that possibly there is some interplay with what you expect from the world. If you see violence and experience violence all the time, it perhaps doesn't shake you in the way that it does if, like me, you are lucky enough for it not to be everyday. It is definitely scarring, but perhaps not traumatising. I have a friend from Gaza who will hit the floor if a fighter plane goes overhead, but who would not describe himself or be described as traumatised. I'm told that drones operators are more likely to have PTSD than other vets. That feels related. Their traumatic experiences make less sense than being on the battlefield perhaps.

I have also been told that PTSD is in part an inability to process the traumatic event as being over. Perhaps when the violence is protracted, every day and expected, it is easier to move on from. I have no idea though. Probably I have misunderstood the individuals and the response