Who Is Ptsd In One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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In the story “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, Chief Bromden, resembles someone that has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Ken Kesey shows a side to Chief Bromden that needs help with his mental condition. In the ward, he is overwhelmed with fear and encounters flashbacks that cause him to hallucinate. Chief Bromden explains the story how it appears to him, even if it may be an extreme exaggeration. Chief Bromden chooses to act like he is deaf and mute and that shows a sort of mental instability. When McMurphy comes into the ward and tries to take control, Bromden sides with McMurphy and finally decides to come out and talk. When he makes that decision, he is breaking free of what has been holding in the fear and he is able to act and make decisions …show more content…

During the exposure therapy you are trying to have less fear about your memories from the traumatizing occurrence. In this type of therapy you continuously talk about the event which will make you less overwhelmed about the trauma. Also, by doing so, it allows you to control your thoughts and feelings (National Center for PTSD). *****In the 1950’s, scientists were studying what the affects of LSD were on the minds of soldiers with PTSD and other patients with other mental ailments. These studies became extremely popular as the scientists of this experiment, which was known as the Acid Test, distributed more than twenty five thousand doses to many patients across the United States. *****Abuse of the drug LSD became a huge part in the in the United States government putting restrictions on the amount of research and experiments that could be done to find out more about the helping affects. Some scientists still continued to research and test the affects of LSD under very close supervision. *****According to Edward Helmore, Ken Kesey, the author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” , was a part of a bus journey that traveled across the country with a container of orange juice that was laced with

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