I saw a reference to PTSD in ancient times being a commonly asked question, but when I went to the FAQ it seemed to focus on soldiers pretty much completely. I am curious as to whether there is evidence of people developing PTSD in civilian life in what were undoubtedly hard times. Between major events like the sacking of cities, plagues, and famines, and the smaller, more common horrors and atrocities that make up human life, I would expect, assuming even the barest similarities in emotional functioning, that we'd hear about the psychological impact more than we do. Of course most of the people who suffered from these events would be lower class (or even slaves, such as after a city was sacked by ancient armies) and less likely to be the subject of documentation. Despite many references to the shock experienced at the time of these types of tragedies, I have not found really any accounts of individuals who suffered long-term emotional disturbances as a result of experiencing what are undoubtedly, by our standards, majorly traumatizing circumstances. While my knowledge of ancient/classical Mediterranean cultures is pretty in-depth and includes many primary sources, my studies of the medieval through early modern periods are confined mostly to secondary sources, and my knowledge of the literature, which might be more likely to provide the evidence I'm interested in, of either period is very shallow.