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If Soldiers Can Get PTSD From War, What Happens to the People Who Never Leave the War Zone?
A soldier drops to the floor when a plate breaks at the dinner table. Far away, a mother carries her child down the stairs in the dark for the ninth night in a row.
One has come home from war.
The other never left.
We know about post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. It can develop after someone experiences or witnesses a traumatic event, and symptoms can continue even after the person is physically safe. The danger may be over, but the brain and body can continue reacting as though it is still happening.
But what happens when the danger has not ended?
What happens to the people who remain…
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