The+Emotional+Effects+of+War+on+Soldiers

Tian, Stan. “The Emotional Effects of War on Soldiers.” //Health Guidance.// Health Guidance, n.d. Web. 13 June 2016. In the article the author Stan Tian explains the psychological effects that being at war or in a war zone has on the brain of somebody. He details how most soldiers who return home with lasting emotional scars are usually affected and diagnosed with one of two disorders: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or Combat Stress Reaction. He then goes into further detail about PTSD explaining the most common symptoms of the disorder which include hallucinations, trouble sleeping, and fictional reenactments of things they may have seen or experienced. This article is helpful in showing that even those that are trained to handle the worst of the world still to some degree cannot handle death. Tian says at the end of his article that veterans have trouble letting go of the idea that they could die at any moment. The mere concept of dealing with death every day and seeing your fellow members die can instead of making you stronger and more capable of handling death, actually make you in a sense weaker to the concept than before you even had the awful experiences. Josh F