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02-08-2012, 10:23 AM
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Footage Of A Shell Shock Victim Of WW1
Video of a shell shocked WW1 soldier before and after treatment. Footage taken in a military hospital in Devon, UK in the year 1918.
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02-08-2012, 11:07 AM
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Re: Footage Of A Shell Shock Victim Of WW1
Combat stress reaction (CSR), in the past commonly known as shell shock or battle fatigue, is a range of behaviours resulting from the stress of battle which decrease the combatant's fighting efficiency. The most common symptoms are fatigue, slower reaction times, indecision, disconnection from one's surroundings, and inability to prioritize. Combat stress reaction is generally short-term and should not be confused with acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, or other long-term disorders attributable to combat stress, although any of these may commence as a combat stress reaction. The ratio of stress casualties to battle casualties varies with the intensity of the fighting, but with intense fighting it can be as high as 1:1. In low-level conflicts it can drop to 1:10 (or less).[citation needed] In World War I, shell shock was considered a psychiatric illness resulting from injury to the nerves during combat. The horrors of trench warfare meant that about 10% of the fighting soldiers were killed (compared to 4.5% during World War II) and the total proportion of troops who became casualties (killed or wounded) was 56%. Whether a shell-shock sufferer was considered "wounded" or "sick" depended on the circumstances. The large proportion of World War I veterans in the European population meant that the symptoms were common to the culture. |
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02-08-2012, 04:35 PM
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Re: Footage Of A Shell Shock Victim Of WW1
fantastic addition  i've only ever seen 2 other shellshock clips before, i posted them here : http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...l-shock-19102/ |
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02-08-2012, 05:07 PM
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Re: Footage Of A Shell Shock Victim Of WW1
what they didn't know about standing next to artillery, is that it will rattle the brain, literally, until your just fucked. this man's brain was just absolutely turned to putty, his body isn't receiving any signals from the brain. men in the trenches went completely mad from being shelled for years straight and seeing nonstop death in the most unimaginable levels. my dad grew up by newark and new york city back in the 1950's and he said there were countless old men missing limbs and just fucked because of ww1, and we were only there for the last of it.
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02-09-2012, 10:58 PM
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Re: Footage Of A Shell Shock Victim Of WW1
Something smells fishy about this video, hate to be the asshole that says it....but who is to say he's not faking it for the video to be made so the treatment procedures can garner more funding? Either way, if it's real, then I'm glad the poor guy got treatment but the way he pranced around seemed all too improvisational to me and a little too far-fetched. |
