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{{wikipediainfo}} | {{wikipediainfo}}{{first pic|Nyssa_Castrovalva.jpg|[[Nyssa]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Castrovalva (TV story)}}) was believed by [[the Doctor]] to suffer from PTSD about [[Adric]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Empire of Death (novel)}})}}'''Post-traumatic stress disorder''', also abbreviated to '''PTSD''', and occasionally labelled as '''shellshock''', was a psychological condition, caused by suffering a traumatic experience and being unable to cope with it. Symptoms included becoming anxious, prone to physical illness or increasingly withdrawn. It could also led to heightened sensory awareness where a person's senses became more alert as something related to trauma drew nearer. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Empire of Death (novel)|Empire of Death]]'', ''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]'') | ||
'''Post-traumatic stress disorder''', also abbreviated to '''PTSD''', and occasionally labelled as '''shellshock''', was a psychological condition, caused by suffering a traumatic experience and being unable to cope with it. Symptoms included becoming anxious, prone to physical illness or increasingly withdrawn. It could also led to heightened sensory awareness where a person's senses became more alert as something related to trauma drew nearer. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Empire of Death (novel)|Empire of Death]]'', ''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]'') | |||
Many [[soldier]]s who fought in [[World War I]] suffered from PTSD. As the condition had not been diagnosed at [[1910s|the time]], it was referred to as shellshock and was often erroneously thought to be nothing more than soldiers displaying cowardice. WWI veteran [[Oliver Marks]] developed PTSD in the inter-war years when he was attacked by the [[Tahnn]] and witnessed the death of his [[fiancée]] [[Daisy Conlan]]. [[Rory Williams]] lamented that even by his native time of the early [[21st century]], so little was known about PTSD that it was tragic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]'') | Many [[soldier]]s who fought in [[World War I]] suffered from PTSD. As the condition had not been diagnosed at [[1910s|the time]], it was referred to as shellshock and was often erroneously thought to be nothing more than soldiers displaying cowardice. WWI veteran [[Oliver Marks]] developed PTSD in the inter-war years when he was attacked by the [[Tahnn]] and witnessed the death of his [[fiancée]] [[Daisy Conlan]]. [[Rory Williams]] lamented that even by his native time of the early [[21st century]], so little was known about PTSD that it was tragic. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]'') | ||
