War Does Affect The People Involved

                Have you ever thought about joining the army, military, air force, or the marines? Many people think about joining these branches and a majority of the people do join to serve and protect our country. Becoming a soldier and going to war doesn’t just affect the soldiers it affects the families and loved ones of that solider. War affects the soldiers physically and mentally. Everyday soldiers suffer through severe injuries, whether it be from a gunshot wound, or a bomb explosion. Serving in a war also affects the soldiers mentally because they suffer from shell shock. Shell shock is an emotional shock brought about by the many horrors that men heard or seen while at war. Soldiers suffer from this emotion due to hearing other soldiers scream because there in pain, or they witness another soldier die and then how, if, and when they die crosses their mind and they begin thinking about their own death. Some soldiers recover from shell shock and others have it for the rest of their life along with nightmares and flashbacks of their experiences at war.

                Fighting in a war does affect the soldiers the most and the hardest but it also affects the families and loved ones of that soldier. When soldiers are gone at war their families tend to worry and wonder if they will ever hear from them again. While the men are away at war the women often have to pick up the men’s job and what the men does all day leaving the house work, cooking, and babysitting to the oldest child. Having to be the mom figure for while being a child puts a lot of pressure on them because some of the children may not know how to cook, or would rather play than do the house chores. Social problems and making friends can become hard for the oldest child because when their friends are outside playing and spending time together they can’t go spend time with them because they have to fill the role of being a wife and mom. When the soldiers return home they may not be able to recover from what happen to them or what they say which means that the oldest child will have to continue to be the mom figure and the woman would have to become the main supporter for the family as well as taking care of their husband. Many soldiers are fathers, as a child it is important that you spend time with your child whether it be reading to them or playing with them. When soldiers come home from war they could be severally injured and unable to play with their son or daughter which could lead to depression. I believe that war does affect the soldiers and the families in many ways and many soldiers and families can’t recover from the damage that war has done to their families and home life’s.

Sources:
http://experiencesonthewesternfront.weebly.com/impact-on-soldiers-and-their-families.html

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/themes/war/effects