My grandfather was a medic in WWI. He had hysterical nightmares and insomnia for years after he came back. The shelling gave him severe PTSD. My father clearly remembers him crying and screaming in his sleep. He had a family and children but died of a massive heart attack age 47. These men went through sheer hell.
@@stillhere1425 All combat is cruel for everyone. Except the leaders that send young people to fight, bleed, and die. Oh, of course the weapon and ammunition manufacturers love war. Big profits!
Fear of what you’ve seen happen to others, and knowing you could be next is what destroys the mind. It’s not knowing if your next step will have lead, shrapnel rip into you, or maybe that next step and you legs gone because of a mine. That stress can only be tolerated for so long by people.
This shows the brutality of war is not just on the fields but also the scarring of what one has endured through their mind. I truly hope these men had true recovery's and didn't relapse into worsening conditions.
@w dafuk Well, that just tells me that those in the Universities are complete ignoramuses - proving that they've learned NOTHING from attending they University - hey?
@Ba Pr I Hey, idiot, when in the army, you follow orders. If you don't, they execute you for "cowardice in the face of the enemy" (and many were executed in WWI!!). These soldiers, once in the front line, DIDN'T have the luxury of your dumb, millennial, shallow thinking. Go learn a bit of history first before posting up how very stupid you are. 🙄
@@tim7052 Never. I would take as many i can with me, by fragging my potential commanders, who want from me to kill innocent and people unknown for me. But firstly, before the war i escape with my family from failed state to peacefull place. Life is only one and thats it. My thinking is dumb? There is no hope for you. Shame for you.
Can you imagine how exhausting it would be to be moving like that all the time? These poor men, such brave souls in such a sick world. I'm so glad many of them found some relief after treatment.
I am a Navy veteran and retired Army 1SG. These videos depicting “shell shocked” soldiers of The Great War are tremendously sad and should have been observed (and I really hope that they were) by the Lords/upperclass of society. How young men and the millions upon millions of horses and mules were just fodder for their meat grinder. I am amazed that these men were able to have a life without permanent hospital admittance. I have been researching the effects of trench warfare and injuries sustained. This, as the first war of the industrialized age is horrific and it is difficult to understand how there could have another war. Too many of the elite benefit greatly from wars…there will surely be more as humans are monsters. 😢
Possible. Every mental illness has the capacity to cause relapse - either by slow, or an immediate, deterioration of mental status. I recall an event in the Hospital where I worked, where the Psychiatrist had signed off on a patient, and gave the nurse the file with instructions to discharge the patient from hospital. As the nurse began the discharge process, the patient suffered an episodic relapse and bashed the nurse. The patient was re-admitted, and whilst the nurse eventually recovered physically, they ever afterward suffered permanent amnesia of that days' events.
Some of the before and after footage was literally filmed at the same time , this is Netley Hospital . I'm not saying shell shock isn't a real issue but some treatment film was faked
I'm a nurse who worked in rehab hospitals. I'm so impressed by the progress of these soldiers. Impressive PT. Something that was virtually non existent in the USA as late as the 1970's for these types of injuries. Especially head injuries and strokes. I was sent home in 1983 with severe head trauma. Total memory loss for 4 months. And couldn't walk. Zero rehab. I rehabilitated myself. I remembered what Patritia O'Neal's husband did for her. And decided if she could I can.
I believe today after shoving meds down thier throats..they take alot less invasive approach..See what this little pill does..come back and see mein three months..Remember to get blood drawn too ok..
The veterans of WW1 are often overlooked when memoralizing the veterans in American History. So sad. I had several great-great uncles who served. I can't even imagine the horrors they experienced.
Imagine everyday u could be buried alive by a artillery shell exploding then it happens u dig yourself out only for it to happen again 2 days later then again and again until your nervous system refuses to continue.
What do the descriptions mean when they refer to burial? Were these men buried? I'm not a native English speaker but I assume most people are just as puzzled as I am by the regular reference to burial as part of the source of trauma
Yes I wonderd and assumed this also. Can only imagine why there are so many traumatized by this, suppose they were then very close to an explosion and might been the more 'lucky' one than thier mates close by.
Hey, I had that same hysterical gait after my sciatica too. Joking aside...these are heartbreaking. These poor men. Their bodies and minds ravaged. But reenacting their trauma??? I mean....what?
On the basis of watching a large number of documentaries and videos showing treatments for shell-shocked soldiers, I will say that what is meant, in this video, by the term (cure) is that walking and general movement was brought back to normal. Certain of these videos show that this was done by utilizing the tendency to imitate others, in these hospital settings. These soldiers were in vulnerable conditions which sometimes manifested in a tendency to imitate the movements of others. This tendency was utilized as a "cure" by instructing these soldiers to imitate the gaits and arm movements of the therapist. This is what is meant in these videos by the word "education". Apparently the process was very quick. These hospitalized soldiers re-learned normal gaits very quickly, through imitation. I don't believe that use of the word "cure" should be taken to mean that the soldier was cured in the holistic sense which we expect in our time. There was very probably more work to be done, as a life-long process. I believe it is possible that later "triggers" such as certain loud noises, probably brought back certain problems with movement and perception. In the Pennsylvania town where I lived through the 1960s and 70s we had WWII vets who exhibited milder versions of these symptoms. One of our neighbors always walked from his house to the shops in the partly bent over, halting gait of a person struggling against a very strong blast of wind. On a day without the slightest breeze, he walked like that. Reflecting back on the experience of seeing this person in this condition, I would say that he probably never received anything like treatment or opportunities for therapy.
@@ceceliaclarke264 that’s really sad. I have seen addicts in Boston on Commenwealth ave. walk around really weird but I assumed they were just extremely high. Now I’m wondering if some of them are vets?
PTSD was not recognized until 1992, and is still poorly understood and treated. It is a dissociative disorder. There are different methods, and for some patients, reliving events can be helpful. I have noncombat PTSD. These men tremble as if locked in the shelling they went through.
Of the 78 British Generals killed during World War One, around 40% of them were killed by artillery fire, according to historian Frank Davis in his book Bloody Red Tabs. A further 28% were killed by small arms fire, usually from snipers.
I believe that by "suggestion" they meant some kind of rudimentar hypnosis. If these movements were caused by psychological trauma that woul explain the fast "cure"
6:27 I feel bad for that guy he also got shellshocked for seeing a lot of people around him getting shot or blown up in WW1. This is why we should say No to War it impacts soldiers mental health and they’re separated from their families.
I wish it were that easy. This is a good example, the UK tried staying out of the great war, but were dragged in by aggressors. As long as anyone is willing to kill, to go to war, we all must be prepared for war in order to survive. It's not a pleasant thought, but it's nature.
I never went to war but I have panic attack! a lot of this i believe are panic attack! you can cure it by therapy... A few hours can improve a lot. The difference i have for a few hours they had all of they life before treatment. My pain does not comapre to them but I think that the human brain can improve a lot in a few hours
@@nerdkartoffl9019 possibly the static nature of WW1, soldiers were constantly under threat of bombardment where in WW2 there were times of quiet where they could decompress
A flair of propaganda done for the camera, most likely. To prove that these men are up to snuff and made of sterner stuff and so on. Shows that "our boys" can get fixed right up and be as good as new.
Very sad films for these poor men. They are all dressed in injured soldiers light blue uniforms.... I cannot spot where this film was taken... The architecture does not suggest the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley Southampton, the largest hospital in the British Empire during this period.
Tiene mucho que ver el reclutamiento y post entrenamiento entrenar a personas que no teman a ver miseria y sangre no cualquiera es apto para ver horrores
Back then treatment was tough love.. straight in and try and sort it instead of long drawn out therapy like today. Needed back on the front line as we were losing on average 16,000 a day to death and allsorts of injuries and illness.
We were never designed for war, and this is the result of not believing that. Maybe, Just maybe, for what it's worth, we should have listened to God when he said so loudly and clearly.. Love one another, as I have loved you. It's just so damn ironic that it literally just takes a few individuals to start this horror of global proportions. We will be judged on love, and love alone when we die. 💔💔💔
To all the monarchs, rulers ,industrialists, arm manufacturers and dealers. To all the politicians and beuracrats and Generals in particular. To all those involved in the war crimes that were inflicted on these innocent men.. These men shown are but a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of men that were traumatized and in many cases sent right back to the front. To all those evil people that were involved in the mass slaughter and murder of millions of men during the First war ..may God have mercy on you. .and may God give peace to all the victims.
....applicable also who were involved in condemning those who were shot for "cowardice"!! In every case, the men were either under-age boys, or, those who had already suffered from events that caused them to suffer PTSD.
These all seem to happen after a sickness I wonder if there is a correlation with things like Pandas, sudden onset OCD like symptoms that happen after sicknesses like the flu or strep.
Sure, but think of how bad soldiers have it today. They drone strike tens of thousands of innocent civilians from a hundred miles away and the vending machine is all out of Mars bars. Thank them for their service. rofldrone
Murdering 20,000 civilians in Afghanistan with long range missiles while you sit in a compound eating McDonalds. It's a hard knock life. Or imagine being in the navy, such a tough job with the UK having not fought a naval war since 1982 and the US since 1945. Imagine being in the air force and... doing nothing for 10 years then leaving to fly commercial jets. Yeah the millitary have it so hard murdering thousands of civilians then crying because they saw a person wearing the same uniform as them die. I'll happily spit on any serving person or cry baby homeless veteran. I have more respect for veterinarians, the real vets.
My grandfather was a medic in WWI. He had hysterical nightmares and insomnia for years after he came back. The shelling gave him severe PTSD. My father clearly remembers him crying and screaming in his sleep. He had a family and children but died of a massive heart attack age 47. These men went through sheer hell.
The terrible things men can do to eachother.. Our weapons scar the body and the mind.
This was truly the war cruelest to the soldiers fighting it. Hell could not have been worse for these young men.
@@stillhere1425 All combat is cruel for everyone. Except the leaders that send young people to fight, bleed, and die. Oh, of course the weapon and ammunition manufacturers love war. Big profits!
Fear of what you’ve seen happen to others, and knowing you could be next is what destroys the mind. It’s not knowing if your next step will have lead, shrapnel rip into you, or maybe that next step and you legs gone because of a mine. That stress can only be tolerated for so long by people.
It's not men. It's the demonic rulers of darkness in high places who send humanity to suffer and die.
Well duhhhhhh
This shows the brutality of war is not just on the fields but also the scarring of what one has endured through their mind. I truly hope these men had true recovery's and didn't relapse into worsening conditions.
In my eyes, for what they endured, they will always be remembered as BRAVE HEROES - nothing less!!
Visit a local university, ask them what they think of men like this and the most vicious vitriol will spew from their mouths.
@w dafuk Well, that just tells me that those in the Universities are complete ignoramuses - proving that they've learned NOTHING from attending they University - hey?
In my eyes they are idiots, stupid cannon fodder.
@Ba Pr I
Hey, idiot, when in the army, you follow orders. If you don't, they execute you for "cowardice in the face of the enemy" (and many were executed in WWI!!). These soldiers, once in the front line, DIDN'T have the luxury of your dumb, millennial, shallow thinking. Go learn a bit of history first before posting up how very stupid you are. 🙄
@@tim7052 Never. I would take as many i can with me, by fragging my potential commanders, who want from me to kill innocent and people unknown for me. But firstly, before the war i escape with my family from failed state to peacefull place. Life is only one and thats it.
My thinking is dumb? There is no hope for you. Shame for you.
Can you imagine how exhausting it would be to be moving like that all the time? These poor men, such brave souls in such a sick world. I'm so glad many of them found some relief after treatment.
I am a Navy veteran and retired Army 1SG. These videos depicting “shell shocked” soldiers of The Great War are tremendously sad and should have been observed (and I really hope that they were) by the Lords/upperclass of society. How young men and the millions upon millions of horses and mules were just fodder for their meat grinder. I am amazed that these men were able to have a life without permanent hospital admittance. I have been researching the effects of trench warfare and injuries sustained. This, as the first war of the industrialized age is horrific and it is difficult to understand how there could have another war. Too many of the elite benefit greatly from wars…there will surely be more as humans are monsters. 😢
After observing the extremely quick recoveries for some of the patients I can't help but wonder if they relapsed as quickly
Possible. Every mental illness has the capacity to cause relapse - either by slow, or an immediate, deterioration of mental status.
I recall an event in the Hospital where I worked, where the Psychiatrist had signed off on a patient, and gave the nurse the file with instructions to discharge the patient from hospital. As the nurse began the discharge process, the patient suffered an episodic relapse and bashed the nurse. The patient was re-admitted, and whilst the nurse eventually recovered physically, they ever afterward suffered permanent amnesia of that days' events.
It took only 1 day? Yea, they probably did relapse.
Some of the before and after footage was literally filmed at the same time , this is Netley Hospital . I'm not saying shell shock isn't a real issue but some treatment film was faked
@@simoncullum5019 source?
@@simoncullum5019 each time it’s a before and after treatment
I'm a nurse who worked in rehab hospitals. I'm so impressed by the progress of these soldiers. Impressive PT. Something that was virtually non existent in the USA as late as the 1970's for these types of injuries. Especially head injuries and strokes. I was sent home in 1983 with severe head trauma. Total memory loss for 4 months. And couldn't walk. Zero rehab. I rehabilitated myself. I remembered what Patritia O'Neal's husband did for her. And decided if she could I can.
I believe today after shoving meds down thier throats..they take alot less invasive approach..See what this little pill does..come back and see mein three months..Remember to get blood drawn too ok..
These poor men, to think enrolment was obligatory for any capable men is truly terrifying.
The mind is a powerful thing. I would love to learn more about the doctor who treated these men.
The veterans of WW1 are often overlooked when memoralizing the veterans in American History. So sad. I had several great-great uncles who served. I can't even imagine the horrors they experienced.
I want to know what the "treatment" was and how im 15 minutes some were "better".
What these men must have been thru....my god
Conversion disorder brought on by severe anxiety and trauma. Wonder how they were treating this condition 🤔
I saw some folks receiving hypnosis sessions, but it seems like they did physical therapy for the most part
Can't help wondering how Manu of these poor souls got sent back to the front soon after recovery.
Imagine everyday u could be buried alive by a artillery shell exploding then it happens u dig yourself out only for it to happen again 2 days later then again and again until your nervous system refuses to continue.
What does "after burial" mean?
Buried in dirt or debris from the explosion. I think
Collapsed trenches and bunkers from shelling.
men I'm so heartbroken and some tears out of my eyes as I watched these men suffering it is worse than anything even death
Wonder what happened to these men afterwards 🤔
And then they were discriminated as deserters and cowards. They most certainly did NOT deserve that!
This breaks my heart, but they are true Hero’s !!!
What do the descriptions mean when they refer to burial? Were these men buried? I'm not a native English speaker but I assume most people are just as puzzled as I am by the regular reference to burial as part of the source of trauma
buried by the dirt thrown up by the extreme shelling.
@@wdafuk1313 Thanks!
Trenches and bunkers collapsing under artillery shelling.
@@sinisterthoughts2896 Thanks
Yes I wonderd and assumed this also. Can only imagine why there are so many traumatized by this, suppose they were then very close to an explosion and might been the more 'lucky' one than thier mates close by.
The "Jimmy" legs..from anxiety..
Hey, I had that same hysterical gait after my sciatica too. Joking aside...these are heartbreaking. These poor men. Their bodies and minds ravaged. But reenacting their trauma??? I mean....what?
Just 1 hour to cure? How was possible?
On the basis of watching a large number of documentaries and videos showing treatments for shell-shocked soldiers, I will say that what is meant, in this video, by the term (cure) is that walking and general movement was brought back to normal. Certain of these videos show that this was done by utilizing the tendency to imitate others, in these hospital settings. These soldiers were in vulnerable conditions which sometimes manifested in a tendency to imitate the movements of others. This tendency was utilized as a "cure" by instructing these soldiers to imitate the gaits and arm movements of the therapist. This is what is meant in these videos by the word "education". Apparently the process was very quick. These hospitalized soldiers re-learned normal gaits very quickly, through imitation.
I don't believe that use of the word "cure" should be taken to mean that the soldier was cured in the holistic sense which we expect in our time. There was very probably more work to be done, as a life-long process. I believe it is possible that later "triggers" such as certain loud noises, probably brought back certain problems with movement and perception.
In the Pennsylvania town where I lived through the 1960s and 70s we had WWII vets who exhibited milder versions of these symptoms. One of our neighbors always walked from his house to the shops in the partly bent over, halting gait of a person struggling against a very strong blast of wind. On a day without the slightest breeze, he walked like that. Reflecting back on the experience of seeing this person in this condition, I would say that he probably never received anything like treatment or opportunities for therapy.
@@ceceliaclarke264 that’s really sad. I have seen addicts in Boston on Commenwealth ave. walk around really weird but I assumed they were just extremely high. Now I’m wondering if some of them are vets?
@@samsalamander8147 more likely high. We haven't had world War lately to create that many people with fringe disabilities.
At least people tried to heal them ?
Yup.
If these men are known to suffer from PTSD, why are they encouraged to reenact war battles? Does that help?
Yes, this has proven to help. Old 'hypnosis' and modern 3d simulations can help with coming to terms with ptsd and survivor trauma.
PTSD was not recognized until 1992, and is still poorly understood and treated. It is a dissociative disorder. There are different methods, and for some patients, reliving events can be helpful. I have noncombat PTSD. These men tremble as if locked in the shelling they went through.
Poor blokes,does anyone think that they went thru this torture for nothing they way things are going these days? Or is it just me?
6:20 He lost all muscle control. His brain is detached. Can't imagine what this guy went through on the battlefield.
Horrifying..
Send em back to the front lines, while the generals are 20 miles from front line
Of the 78 British Generals killed during World War One, around 40% of them were killed by artillery fire, according to historian Frank Davis in his book Bloody Red Tabs. A further 28% were killed by small arms fire, usually from snipers.
Poor souls.
What do they mean by "burial"?
What do they mean by "after burial"
I suspect it means they were buried during the shell explosion
Trenches and dugouts collapsed after bombardment. There are thousands still there.
I was wondering the same but as it said spinal concussion I assumed maybe they were really buried.
Actually buried. My God that makes it even worse.
It's just awful how the shell shock has turned the men into hysterical quivering lumps of flesh.
I believe that by "suggestion" they meant some kind of rudimentar hypnosis. If these movements were caused by psychological trauma that woul explain the fast "cure"
Exactly.
How many of these poor men were "cured" and sent back to the trenches?
bad days. no real help just time
What about wives/ fiancées - their pain .
6:27 I feel bad for that guy he also got shellshocked for seeing a lot of people around him getting shot or blown up in WW1. This is why we should say No to War it impacts soldiers mental health and they’re separated from their families.
Are you an idiot?? These men never had the option to say "no".. [and if there were a war, neither would you]
I wish it were that easy. This is a good example, the UK tried staying out of the great war, but were dragged in by aggressors. As long as anyone is willing to kill, to go to war, we all must be prepared for war in order to survive. It's not a pleasant thought, but it's nature.
@@sinisterthoughts2896 finally a nice comment because someone here was being a moron
@@sinisterthoughts2896 I also made a rant on him so he’s done he’s gonna have a lot of negative views on him and it’s his fault for starting it
They cured one guy in an hour! What the heck is going on with that? How do you fix someone in an hour
Known the British a discharge snd money for whiskey and a hunger march to come.
"Cured" wasn't quite right, made progress.
How tf they can cure somebody in an hour?..
They can’t and never could. These men deserve rest and comfort and sex and great medications for the rest of their lives.
@@sissy9393 Is there a reason, why it happend in WW1 and not many cases in WW2 or any other war?
I never went to war but I have panic attack! a lot of this i believe are panic attack! you can cure it by therapy... A few hours can improve a lot. The difference i have for a few hours they had all of they life before treatment. My pain does not comapre to them but I think that the human brain can improve a lot in a few hours
@@nerdkartoffl9019 possibly the static nature of WW1, soldiers were constantly under threat of bombardment where in WW2 there were times of quiet where they could decompress
British arrogance.
A " battle re-enactment".....?!
Perhaps field-training. The war was still going on while some of those man were being treated.
Perhaps an exercise in desensitization and confidence-building
@@kpd3308 Exactly. Can't heal from trauma if all you do is flee from it.
A flair of propaganda done for the camera, most likely. To prove that these men are up to snuff and made of sterner stuff and so on. Shows that "our boys" can get fixed right up and be as good as new.
Very sad films for these poor men. They are all dressed in injured soldiers light blue uniforms.... I cannot spot where this film was taken... The architecture does not suggest the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley Southampton, the largest hospital in the British Empire during this period.
The war is horror
Poor lads…..
I have ptsd because my dad died when i was in jail. Would not let me go to the funeral. Does this make sense
No. Quit misusing the term.
How many of these subjects were gassed, had concussion injuries? Seems like temporary nerve damage to me.
I wonder if the gas bombs had contributed to these ailments
Tiene mucho que ver el reclutamiento y post entrenamiento entrenar a personas que no teman a ver miseria y sangre no cualquiera es apto para ver horrores
Monty Python did a skit on these, I think it was called the ministry of silly walks, almost mocking this condition?
Back then treatment was tough love.. straight in and try and sort it instead of long drawn out therapy like today. Needed back on the front line as we were losing on average 16,000 a day to death and allsorts of injuries and illness.
We were never designed for war, and this is the result of not believing that.
Maybe, Just maybe, for what it's worth, we should have listened to God when he said so loudly and clearly.. Love one another, as I have loved you.
It's just so damn ironic that it literally just takes a few individuals to start this horror of global proportions.
We will be judged on love, and love alone when we die. 💔💔💔
To all the monarchs, rulers ,industrialists, arm manufacturers and dealers. To all the politicians and beuracrats and Generals in particular. To all those involved in the war crimes that were inflicted on these innocent men..
These men shown are but a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of men that were traumatized and in many cases sent right back to the front.
To all those evil people that were involved in the mass slaughter and murder of millions of men during the First war
..may God have mercy on you. .and may God give peace to all the victims.
....applicable also who were involved in condemning those who were shot for "cowardice"!! In every case, the men were either under-age boys, or, those who had already suffered from events that caused them to suffer PTSD.
Don't forget the brutal peer pressure they received from young women if they didn't go.
@w dafuk Agreed!! They who gave "white feathers" to those young men hold responsibility for sending them to their untimely (and horrible!) deaths!!
Do you not realize they were defending their nation? The Allies did not just up and go to war without reason.
These all seem to happen after a sickness I wonder if there is a correlation with things like Pandas, sudden onset OCD like symptoms that happen after sicknesses like the flu or strep.
The source of the term "funny farm"?
200,000 views and only 4 comments? Seems kind of off imo
The comments were only turned on about a year ago I believe
You must ask yourself, why did this happen? J'accuse.
These traumatized men were executed as cowards. They needed a cup of tea and 15 minutes conversation.
Not quite as easy, but that would have been a start, yes!
It’ terrible and sad.
Ukraine and russia will now have ptsd. For sure
Sure, but think of how bad soldiers have it today. They drone strike tens of thousands of innocent civilians from a hundred miles away and the vending machine is all out of Mars bars. Thank them for their service.
rofldrone
Did you/do you serve?
Spoken like someone who never served. Ignorant.
Murdering 20,000 civilians in Afghanistan with long range missiles while you sit in a compound eating McDonalds. It's a hard knock life.
Or imagine being in the navy, such a tough job with the UK having not fought a naval war since 1982 and the US since 1945.
Imagine being in the air force and... doing nothing for 10 years then leaving to fly commercial jets.
Yeah the millitary have it so hard murdering thousands of civilians then crying because they saw a person wearing the same uniform as them die.
I'll happily spit on any serving person or cry baby homeless veteran. I have more respect for veterinarians, the real vets.
Electric shock therapy
I assume; but if it had been my husband/brother/son, I would have told the doctors to do ANYTHING that might ease my loved one’s suffering.
Not often.
The way we understood PTSD then and the way we do now. Makes you wonder what they will think of being trans in 100 years.
"trans" will be looked at like lobotomy.
Still a mental illness no doubt. We already know this
First guy: Putin visiting a brothel.
The inspiration for the ministry of silly walks.
It’s the ministry of silly walks!
What ridiculous behavior.
That's why it's a disorder.
Today, damned near every vet says they have ptsd. This film shows REAL ptsd. Some of them should be ashamed of themselves claiming this disability.😎🇺🇸
Because almost every veteran suffers from PTSD. What's wrong with you?
Shame on you.
The replies prove just how willing people are to think very jack and jill has ptsd.
Agree with you. People so want to be special these days.
@@Moffeliten actually they were only referring to veterans, so which is it, everyone, or every veteran?