Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And The Positive Effects Of War

What do you think when you hear war? Do you think of death or life, friend or foe? When I think of war I think of gunshots and people dying. but war is sometimes good you can invent stuff and women's rights and slaves freedom. If you want to learn about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD),how it affect society in different ways, and The positive effects of war.

Post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD affects people that are in the army and see their friend's dying or if their family member is in the army and dies and he gets flash backs of the war. And PTSD is a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock and it typically involving in disturbance of sleep and constant vivid recall of the experience, with a dulled responses to others and to the outside world.

It also can affect society in different ways.

Children in about 50 countries worldwide are growing up in the midst of armed conflict and its aftermath. In Colombia, where almost 2 million children have been forcibly displaced from their homes over 15 years. the way children think about right and wrong is different for different kids In addition to draining money and resources from participants' economies, most wars create zones of intense destruction of capital such as farms, factories, and cities. These effects severely depress economic output. World War I reduced French production by nearly half, starved hundreds of thousands of Germans to death, and led to more than a decade of lower Soviet output. One estimate puts World War I's total cost at $400 billion - five times the value of everything in France and Belgium at the

time.

Not everything is bad there are positive effects of war. America gained its independence and Britain lost its standing as an "undefeated country." women got the right to vote.The league of nations was an intergovernmental organization that was founded on 10th January 1920. This was after world war 1 ended and this organization aimed to maintain world peace. Its primary goals were preventing wars, collective security and disarmament and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. It wasn’t very successful in its mission as it couldn’t prevent the second world war from taking place. It was also very crippled in its mission with countries like the USA not joining the organization. It is however still a positive effect of the war as it symbolizes some of the firsts efforts to bring about world peace. It created ideals for international peace and was a forerunner of the united nations. All of which are good things.

In conclusion now know what PTSD is ,how war affected society, and the positive effects of war.