There are a lot of contributing factors - paradoxically, some modern data suggests that keeping soldiers near the frontline during treatment for a combat stress reaction actually decreases the long-term development of PTSD. Something along the lines of that PTSD is caused, in part, by going from 0-100 and then back to 0.
WW1 was also particularly bad because lack of sleep contributes significantly to the development of PTSD in warzones, and in WW1, being posted on the trenches and getting shelled day and night, sleep was never guaranteed.
That makes sense. When drag was abused, completely disengaging from the abuser felt awful. Drag wanted to fight back and feel like the problem was resolved. Simply distancing dragself while the abuser still had the option to return and do more harm felt terrifying.
There are a lot of contributing factors - paradoxically, some modern data suggests that keeping soldiers near the frontline during treatment for a combat stress reaction actually decreases the long-term development of PTSD. Something along the lines of that PTSD is caused, in part, by going from 0-100 and then back to 0.
WW1 was also particularly bad because lack of sleep contributes significantly to the development of PTSD in warzones, and in WW1, being posted on the trenches and getting shelled day and night, sleep was never guaranteed.
That makes sense. When drag was abused, completely disengaging from the abuser felt awful. Drag wanted to fight back and feel like the problem was resolved. Simply distancing dragself while the abuser still had the option to return and do more harm felt terrifying.