PTSD Claim
We are going to look at PTSD through the character, Conrad, from Ordinary People by Judith Guest to prove that PTSD can make a person push away those who are trying to help him or her and delays the acceptance process of grief.
Changes in Physical and Emotional Reactions
First example is one night Conrad got into an argument with his mom and his, “anger erupts, engulfing them all” (Guest 109). Afterward he was immediately sorry and said he didn’t know what happened. Another time was when Conrad finally had enough of Stillman “Something explodes inside his head, the sound shattering the parking lot... he slams his fist, hard, against that face”(Guest 168). These two events just show that he un channeled anger and just channeling to anything that pises him off the slightest. This is a symptom of PTSD. This also shows that he is pushing his parents and his friends who are only trying to help him. This is not helping process through the death of his brother, since anger is only the second stage of grief. The PTSD is causing him to have, “ Irritability, angry outbursts or aggressive behavior”, toward things that should not get you rationally angry ( Post-traumatic).
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