shelby-gin-limited: anielwicz: Anne (re)watches Peaky Blinders: 1x03 They gave us the worst job, Tom
shelby-gin-limited:anielwicz:Anne (re)watches Peaky Blinders: 1x03They gave us the worst job, Tommy. Yeah. And we fucking volunteered.As a daughter of a man with war PTSD I can confirm that this is awfully true. But, the series forgot the part with falling asleep, shouting and not being able to wake up. And when finally someone wakes you up you hit them pretty hard (unintentionally) because you think they are enemies.Arthur’s PTSD was closer to reality. Complete behaviour gets changed. Anger bursts, mood swings, searching for salvation in so many ways (alcohol, drugs, religion, whatever). And no, that can’t be fixed with “Close the doors, Arthur. Close em like I did.”. You can neglect war and PTSD but if I know a thing, it’s that my father can’t sleep for 25 years. And he tried to “shut the doors”, trust me.Dear Steven Knight, PTSD should be constantly with Tommy. Not just when you remember “Oh, it might be good to put a bit misery in Tommy’s life, lets put a few shovels.” -- source link