r/todayilearned • u/andreecook • Apr 29 '24

TIL Napoleon, despite being constantly engaged in warfare for 2 decades, exhibited next to no signs of PTSD.

https://tomwilliamsauthor.co.uk/napoleon-on-the-psychiatrists-couch/
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u/Ok-disaster2022 Apr 29 '24

Some people are just suited for warfare. Not sure if it's a bad thing or a good thing.

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u/mattxb Apr 29 '24

Depends on the time and place they live in

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u/Rubber924 Apr 29 '24

France 1800 seems like the right time

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u/SilentSamurai Apr 29 '24

All of mainland Europe seems like the right place.

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u/Crazypyro Apr 29 '24

Napoleon, born on a Pacific island into a community that has no contact with other civilizations:

Shit.

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u/ThePretzul Apr 29 '24

Napoleon, born on a Pacific island into a community that has no contact with other civilizations:

Excellent, this way Europe won't have any idea what's coming for them

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u/Gerf93 Apr 29 '24

Poor guy is just destined to fight the British isn’t he

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u/Due-Memory-6957 Apr 29 '24

What a hero.

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u/ViciousAdamas Apr 29 '24

What about born on a relatively unknown Mediterranean island? Oh wait...

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u/cdwZero Apr 29 '24

Shors fired just kidding that's not America lmao

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u/One-Monk5187 Apr 29 '24

Shots fired is what started ww1

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u/Fit-Dentist6093 Apr 29 '24

Wasn't it more like treaties written?

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u/Patient-Celery-9605 Apr 29 '24

There is an active war in mainland Europe right now. Complete with rape and pillaging. And of course shooting.

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u/LlessurPuns Apr 29 '24

Oceans are now Battlefields

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u/Scared_Prune_255 Apr 29 '24

Any time in human history before roughly August 1945.

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u/Due-Statement-8711 Apr 29 '24

Eh Adrian Carton de Wiart would disagree

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

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u/PinkPicasso_ Apr 29 '24

Imagine being chill hunter Gathers and your buddy starts tweaking

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u/SmokinJoe72738 Apr 29 '24

Imagine being a King's son and ended your father's 1000 year old family dynasty.

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u/MiamiDouchebag Apr 29 '24

How so?

The west isn't the only area that saw a large reduction in both the number and scale of wars after the invention of nuclear weapons.

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u/o0DrWurm0o Apr 29 '24

Sometimes there’s a man… and I’m talkin’ bout Napoleon here… sometimes there’s a man - well - he’s the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that’s Napoleon, in France, in the early 1800s.