This makes sense to me. My Dad and his brothers were in WW2 as was my Mother. Looking back I realise that my parents seldom showed emotion or spoke about their experiences. But understanding trauma as I do now it is clear that they were both traumatised. I doubt they realised they were as it wasn’t spoken about back then.
My father was in the Battle of the Bulge and was injured in combat. I don't recall him acting in ways suggesting PTSD but he refused to talk about or glorify war other than to say "War is Hell."
I love your rabbit holes! Thank you for this. So important!
This makes sense to me. My Dad and his brothers were in WW2 as was my Mother. Looking back I realise that my parents seldom showed emotion or spoke about their experiences. But understanding trauma as I do now it is clear that they were both traumatised. I doubt they realised they were as it wasn’t spoken about back then.
Yes, it is unlikely they understood that it was due to trauma. And the silence! It is no wonder so much of it was passed on generationally.
My father was in the Battle of the Bulge and was injured in combat. I don't recall him acting in ways suggesting PTSD but he refused to talk about or glorify war other than to say "War is Hell."
Yes it is. I am thankful he was not impacted in this way.