Currently i'm watching Rise Of Empires: Ottoman. During one of the battle sciences they mentioned the horrific way in which battles where fought. Close man- to man combat must indeed make quite an impact on soldiers. It was already clear to me that medieval battles could be pretty bad, but didn't look like portayed in most series or movies. According to Lindybeige (not sure how accurate this guy is) the actual fighting was postponed as far as possible and most men didn't really want to fight.

But this made me think. In modern times PTSD and shellshock are well known effects of war. But these accounts don't go further back than World War One.

If medieval (or classical time) battles are so horrific shouldn't there be some accounts of PTSD like syndromes or diseases among historical records? Are there any accounts of the possible mental affects of swordfighting and battles in which thousands of men were killed?If there aren't any, why?