Hi all,
This might sound stupid but after watching Game of Thrones last year it made me think of how horrible the hand to hand fighting must of been for those involved in previous centuries, especially with heavily armoured horses running into large groups of men with spears or other sharp weapons at speeds of upto 30-40mph.
My question is, did those who fought in hand to hand battles suffer from PTSD? The only real resources I can find is "battle fatigue "of Roman soldiers who were then advocated to exercise. I imagine as heavy armour for horses and men came into play things would of got a lot more gruesome since I simple stab or swing of a sword could be deflected by heavy armour.
Thank you
It's a complicated matter, made even more so by the inherent difficulty of psychoanalysing a long-dead person from a wholly different cultural background at a distance of years or centuries. u/Iphikrates examines the matter with a classical eye in this post, while u/hillsonghoods has a Monday Methods post on just why it's so complicated.