The cause of the condition is the person has to feel they have NO CONTROL over events AND be in abject fear for their lives.
Just about anyone will get it if the fear is sufficiently intense, especially if combined with shame.
It's actually emerging as a PHYSICAL condition. The injection of that much cortisol into the brain steam causes a permanent rewire.
Let me testify, it sucks.
Big time.
Been there, done that, earned the T-shirt the hard way.
The Romans would make their warriors wait outside the city for 3 days or more, before allowing them to go to their families after battle.
Kind of a re-acclimation. Our soldiers did something similar in WWII. It often took weeks or months to be sent home from theater. Time to decompress and contemplate.
I’m not saying our WWII vets didn’t suffer, my dad is one of them.
Your explanation makes sense.
Prayers up.
Thank you for your service.