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PTSD In Slaughterhouse-Five

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Was Billy insane or sane?
After war, many soldiers experiences what is known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. This disorder affects soldiers’ everyday by causing them to have or receive overwhelming emotions, having trouble sleeping, triggered flashbacks, etc.(Post-Traumatic) In the book, Slaughterhouse-Five, Billy has suffered PTSD and decided to write a book over his experience when he was at the war in Dresden. This shows that Billy was completely sane because the time travels, the coping method, and the events he had experienced.
In the beginning of the story, Billy seemed like he was doing okay. He was going to write a book about what happened when he was in the war in Dresden, studying to be an anthropologist, meeting with his
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