Nervous System
During WWI many of the soldiers were affected by Shell Shock and PTSD. This disorder affects the nervous system. The nervous system is the bodies wiring that starts at the brain and the central cord and branches out to the rest of their body. Your Neurons send signals to other cells through thin fibers called axons, which cause chemicals called neurotransmitters which release chemicals called synapses. A synapse gives a command to the cell within a fraction of a millisecond.
PTSD affects the nervous system, in that if you have a relapsing memory of when you got PTSD it might respark that thought and prevent you from doing the thing that you are trying to do. The nervous system is also affected by this because it changes the way your Autonomic nervous systems function. Meaning that it changes the way that your brain functions. It changes the way that your body reacts to certain situations. PTSD has affected many soldiers from multiple different wars.
PTSD affects the nervous system, in that if you have a relapsing memory of when you got PTSD it might respark that thought and prevent you from doing the thing that you are trying to do. The nervous system is also affected by this because it changes the way your Autonomic nervous systems function. Meaning that it changes the way that your brain functions. It changes the way that your body reacts to certain situations. PTSD has affected many soldiers from multiple different wars.
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