PTSD In Soldiers Body

Social Studies: Soldier’s Heart Assignment

The Civil war was an awful war, it was very devastating. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers lost their lives on both sides.The survivors who live through the horrific war were left with post traumatic stress or PTSD. The amount of mental damage done to the soldiers was unmanageable. It drove soldiers crazy! Being in a battle was bad enough, but re-living it everyday would just be too much for most people to handle. In this novel, Charley lied about his age. Many people did this back then. Charley was only the age of fifteen. Can you imagine fighting in a war at fifteen years old and having to remember all the blood, violence, and death for the rest of your life? That is of course, if you lived through the battle to even live the rest of your life.
It wasn’t just PTSD that affected the soldiers, some lost limbs. It was very painful because if you happened to injure a limb, then they would have to saw it off! Then, they would throw it in a big pile with all the other severed limbs.The Soldier’s would have to live the rest of their lives without an arm,or leg, maybe even both. Post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD is incurable. Those who didn’t develop PTSD were called “Soldier’s Hearts.” because the disorder didn’t effect them. In the book, Charley was a “Soldier’s Heart?” Charley did not have PTSD and surprisingly enough he did not get injured. But for most soldiers, seeing and fighting in a war is something they would never forget, even though they would want to. You remember every detail about it, and one of the worst things to see is a war. But even worse than that is seeing bunches of people die right in front of your very