Right. One idea I had is that what causes PTSD is not so much the traumatic experience as being surrounded by people who can’t relate to it.
A more Hansonian version is that exhibiting PTSD is a strategy to gain attention and sympathy and that this strategy won’t work if everyone around has also suffered similar experiences.
Another possibility is that in cultures where traumatic events are common, people who can’t deal with them without suffering PTSD are likely to get killed off by the next one.
Right. One idea I had is that what causes PTSD is not so much the traumatic experience as being surrounded by people who can’t relate to it.
A more Hansonian version is that exhibiting PTSD is a strategy to gain attention and sympathy and that this strategy won’t work if everyone around has also suffered similar experiences.
Another possibility is that in cultures where traumatic events are common, people who can’t deal with them without suffering PTSD are likely to get killed off by the next one.