Case Study Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

To begin with, Paul is counseling having flashbacks about his family and secrets that are untold. The author

The narrator keeps a distant, nonemotional tone throughout this passage. The way Paul is described and talked about is disturbing. It is unusually that the schools inquisition was described as a baptism of fire. This sets a serious tone of wrath. With all the acquisitions and distaste from his teachers, Paul was able to sit with an uncomfortable smile. Older boys broke down, yet Paul didn’t care or was unable to feel emotions of disappointment. This creates an eerie tone. Something wasn’t right with Paul.

During chapter 6, (Pages 91 - 92) Paul daydreams about life back at his house and how he misses it so much. He remembers the old poplars by the stream behind the town he used to live in and how, as a kid, he used to call it “poplar avenue”. He also recalls the fact that he used to listen to rusting the poplars while hanging his feet over the stream. Paul describes how important this is to him by saying “...and the image of those days still makes my heart pause in its beating”.

For starters, not allowing Paul to feel safe in his house is a reason how Erik’s choices affected Paul. Erik had chose to form a negative bond with Paul, therefore, causing Paul to always have to be aware of his surroundings. “And I could see Erik lurking behind me, in the shadows of the clock” (Bloor 168). This text came from Paul, who was deeply terrified that Erik was going to do something to him. Sadly, this is the feeling Paul always feels, even if Erik is not around.

He feels as if he does not “belong here (home) anymore” because he is used to life during warfare and he feels home is now a “foreign world” (Remarque 168) and does not know anything but warfare. The war has had such a mental effect on Paul so much so that he is reminded by the constant terror of war. A terror that he can not escape even when he is not enduring it. Paul’s thoughts at home are very similar to those of real soldiers who have fought in wars.

Paul's Case is about a young, Calvinist man who did not feel that he belonged in his life. He lived on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh, PA. Cordelia Street was littered with cookie cutter houses, suburbanite-like city-dwellers, and a general aura of despair. Paul's room was no different. Paul felt that his abusive father, uncaring teachers, and classmates who misunderstand him aren't worthy of his presence and company. One of the reasons Paul may not have fit in was because there is a chance that he was learning disabled.

enters peoples houses and surrounds himself with what they have and for a moment he is able to pretend that what they have belongs to him. Paul creates a new identity for himself as

glimpses of Paul trying to reach out and re-embrace his old thoughts and emotions and

Paul is not able to perform his job well due to, in his opinion, being tired. The conversations with his wife that replays in his thoughts show how he is conflicted at home. He apparently does not have a strong, supportive home environment. The case study also shows that he does not receive

Paul also hears the cry, "there must be more money" echoing through the house's walls (Lawrence 525). "Paul . . . takes upon himself the intolerable burden of attempting to solve mother's 'problem' . . . the lack of money" (Jinkins 88). He takes this challenge hoping to receive his mother's love in return. Instead Paul rides himself to his death because he is unable to meet his "devouring" mother's needs (Jinkins 89).

“Three hundred and forty-eight years, six months, and nineteen days ago to-day, the Parisians awoke to the sound of all the bells in the triple circuit of the city, the university, and the town ringing a full peal.

"A wounded soldier? I shout to him-no answer- must be dead." The dead body has fallen out the coffin and the coffin has been unearthed because of the shelling. Even the dead and buried cannot rest in peace during this war. This just adds to the horror of the situation Paul is in.

At this moment the main thing Paul's companion can hear is the wind. He envisions that it sounds like a "gatekeeper's tread" (the strides of the fighter who is guarding a camp).The picture here is that the wind is similar to a trooper guarding the burial ground, moving among the dead individuals' tents and letting them realize that all is well. Everything is not OK, in any case; there's work to be done today.

Yet another example of the brutalization and dehumanization of the soldiers caused by the war occurs during Paul’s leave. On leave, Paul decides to visit his hometown. While there, he finds it difficult to discuss the war and his experiences with anyone. Furthermore, Paul struggles to fit in at home: “I breathe deeply and say over to myself:– ‘You are at home, you are at home.’ But a sense of strangeness will not leave me; I cannot feel at home amongst these things. There is my mother, there is my sister, there my case of butterflies, and there the mahogany piano – but I am not myself there. There is a distance, a

While the claim itself is important for creating a sort of holding environment within the therapy room, it is also more likely to be effective if it is actually practiced and backed by actions – which Paul does. Regardless of the number of times that Sophie accuses him, yells at him and in one memorable instance, destroys a decoration in his office, he remains and calm and does not criticize her for her anger or resentment, merely tries to help her understand what is causing it, without passing judgement on her for it.