gonna go live in a cave – Kimchi and Justice

zubat:

gutgroan:

have y’all even seen the statistics for how many afghan and palestinian children – not even adults, but literal babies – have PTSD? it’s like 90%. if not higher. because of imperialism acted out by violent soldiers. like why should i give a fuck about the PTSD you got from killing infants and their families?

In 2008, the European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Journal published a study that suggested up to 70% of children in the Gaza strip may be suffering from PTSD. Whereas, in 2009, the NIH (National Institute of Health) published a study which estimated that 20% of American veterans returning from the war in Iraq and 11% of veterans returning from the war in Afghanistan suffer from PTSD. Out of almost 200 children aged 9-18, 70% may suffer from PTSD. That’s very close to 3/4th of the children surveyed. Children that are witnesses to the bombings, abuse, and the general upheaval of their home life and society as a result of war, including the effects of long-term poverty and familial turmoil. But boo hoo for the ~~terrorists~~ soldiers, right?

(In 2014, The Arab Journal of Psychiatry published a study that states as high as 91.4% of children in the Gaza strip may be suffering from PTSD, which is probably the statistics OP is referencing. The research begins on page 76.)