The mental health charity Mind describe PTSD in the following manner: " If you are involved in or witness a traumatic event, it is common to experience upsetting, distressing or confusing feelings afterwards. The feelings of distress may not emerge straight away – you may just feel emotionally numb at first. After a while you may develop emotional and physical reactions, such as feeling easily upset or not being able to sleep. This is understandable, and many people find that these symptoms disappear in a relatively short period of time. But if your problems last for longer than a month, or are very extreme, you may be given a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder." I'm beginning to think that large sections of the British population are suffering from some of the early symptoms following the catastrophe of the EU referendum - and that whilst we are still well under a month on from the event itself many of us are going to succumb to a fuller version of
Occasional musings about time spent in museums, galleries, theatres, cinemas and other dark settings ..