Good article with a headline intentionally misrepresenting the point maliciously.
she’s right and i haven’t read the article BUT what she’s describing here is the difference between PTSD and C-PTSD. the latter is the condition that arises when the trauma is ongoing or lasted for a long time or has other complications. it stands for complex post traumatic stress disorder but i really think it should be entirely separated from the PTSD umbrella because the symptoms and more importantly the recovery projections of when you’re in one emergency and get traumatized are profoundly different than symptoms and recovery projections for when you live in Gaza or were abused for ten years by your parents or partner or are repeatedly victimized by attacks from clients or dates etc. PTSD recovery and therapy is so rooted in “we have to teach the patient to understand they will never experience this again so their hypervigilence and anxiety are irrational” that it just doesn’t address the reality of people who will absolutely get traumatized again and know it
The region of ancient Persia, which is modern-day Iran, has one of the longest histories, reaching back to the Palaeolithic Age, some one hundred thousand years ago. Between circa 1500 and 1000 BCE, a Persian priest named Zoroaster, also known as Zarathustra, claimed he received a vision from Ahura Mazda. The god told him to rectify the error of following a polytheistic religion, and to instead declare that only one god exists, himself, obviously. This new religion, known as Zoroastrianism, was the first monotheistic religion in the world. This religion was later adopted by the Achaemenid Persian Empire, and those who succeeded it, namely the Parthian and Sassanian empires.
The Achaemenid Persian Empire, often just referred to as the Achaemenid Empire, was founded by Cyrus the Great who reigned from circa 550 to 530 BCE. Cyrus the Great had his policies and his vision inscribed on what is known as the Cyrus Cylinder (considered by some scholars as the First Declaration of Human Rights), where he decreed how he wanted his people to live freely and in peace with others. After Cyrus the Great died in five thirty BCE, his son Cambyses II succeeded him, and reigned for eight years until he was assassinated by a distant cousin who took the regnal name of Darius the first, also known as Darius the Great
— CHAPTERS —
0:00 Introduction
0:40 The Early History of Ancient Persia
5:12 The Achaemenid Persian Empire
10:21 Alexander the Great and the End of the Persian Empire
13:57 Outro
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