Time of war

[The Raven]

War is something nobody wants to see, mostly men because they are the one who will be sent on the battlefield to die. I have seen plenty of documentaries about ww2 and the testimonies of soldiers who survived. They spoke of horrors they saw, on how that affected them when they were very young.. One of the first things in war is watching injustice being done in front of you and being unable to do anything about it.

How can one cope with these stuff?

[Jason]

Well, one positive thing, but it's not really positive if you know what I mean, is the fact the soldiers aren't too connected to other soldiers.  I mean, it's not their wife or kids or, for that matter, anyone they know personally, in many cases.  However, though, it's still horrible when comrades die, however.  Myself, I cannot imagine what it's like to be in combat cause I was never in the military due to medical conditions.

Anyway, I can't understand PTSD.  The closest thing I know that civilians would experience is heartbreak from relationships or the death of really close loved ones.

Now, expanding on the matter, some things in war are so horrible, it doesn't matter if there's a personal connection.  For instance, I have relatives who had fought in the Vietnam War and there's no telling what horrors they saw and it's tough to get that stuff out of your mind.