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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Before anyone goes running off to find out Tommy Boy is still true, you should know you can get PTSD from behind a screen. It's not fun and games, no matter what the recruiter says.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Has this been studied? I'd be very curious to see how much the risk is diminished.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's the thing it's not diminished. The brain doesn't see it as any different than directing fire through binoculars.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Do we know that though? I'm genuinely just curious because it seems to me like it would be at least somewhat diminished.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

We know that. Trauma is an interesting thing. There are many ways to get traumatized. And all trauma can cause PTSD. So an Infantryman could see a dead body but never actually get into a fight and end up with PTSD. It can happen on the first body, or the 100th. Drone Operators are prone to something called moral injury. Basically they get a form a trauma from seeing the results of their work.