My parents,as well as all my aunts and uncles,experienced the Hurricane of 1938,no ordinary hurricane.
None of them developed PTSD.
Oh, pish-tosh. That was back in the dark ages of medical science, before psychologists invented ... er, I mean discovered... a host of new ailments they needed to exploit ... er, I mean cure.
Hadn’t been invented back then.
I’ve had PTSD due to my military service and a health scare. I’m over both now but can relate and see it out there on a daily basis, because the hurricane was extremely dangerous for most people up in the mountains and along the river basins. I’m talking catastrophic flooding of up to 60+ feet in some areas. An employee of mine and his whole family nearly drowned inside their home, and only because their dogs were drowning in the garage first, were they alerted and able to scramble up on the roof under 150+ MPH winds. His home was NOT in a flood zone area.
You try brushing that off.
Additionally, it appears no one commenting on this thread actually bothered to read the excerpt or my first comment. The highlight of this study is that Puerto Rican children showed LESS propensity towards PTSD after a major disaster than what is generally expected of populations on the mainland. LESS. And that apparently, this is due, among several things, to STRONG FAMILY TIES.
I thought any reasonable person would pick up on THAT!