Lately I've seen quite a few disturbing numbers. Such as 90% of Iraqi children are experiencing PTSD or a large number of Darfur refugees have suffered complete emotional breakdowns. Those folks who question the validity of PTSD or anxiety symptoms during or after war and other violent acts, are simply lucky. In my opinion, most sane individuals who have seriously grieved or seen unspeakable acts of violence understand how profoundly that changes an individual.
Scientifically speaking, the human brain reacts chemically to such a stressor and tries to prepare you for the next attack- by providing anxiety- to increase your alert system.
But this primal alert system was never built to process violence with semi-automatic weapons, bombs and other unnatural acts.
In my opinion, the brain just can't keep up with modern violence.
I know people have been killing each other since the dawn of time. Yet, their tools- such as fists, swords, clubs, fire or boulders just weren't capable of providing the gruesome displays seen in today's acts of genocide or war.
When will people understand that violence begets more violence, and our minds aren't really up for it?
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