Can shellshock be passed down from father to son?!
Question:
Can shellshock be passed down from father to son?
my father is a Vietnam War veteran. he doesn,t appear to have any sort of post dramatic stress disorder or anything like that. but for some odd reason i was pretty much born paranoid. everytime i hear a helicopter or plane i look up to find it. everytime i hear anything that even resembles gunshots i duck and start looking around for vantage points. if i hear something that sounds like an RPG i fall to the ground and come close to yelling "RPG". everytime someone says "watch out Jonathan" i duck as if i know karate. however im a big military fan. i plan to join when i grow up. but when i was young and even now i play alot of war video games, i watch alot of military and shoting movies. but i appear to know these military tactics as if i almost was in the military. so i ask " could my father have passed the shellshock he is supposed to have to me"?
Answers:
NO. 'Shellshock' is now referred to as PTSD and is not genetically linked. You are acting this way in response to the maladaptive perception of reality you have from your involvement in the military/war game interest.
P.S. It's "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder".