The trenches were futile because it forced young soldiers to have to suffer emotional trauma. In WW1 Shell shock, or post- traumatic stress disorder, was common throughout the First World War, but not entirely understood until afterwards. Soldiers underwent symptoms such as anxiety, nightmares, nervous ticks, and deliriously reliving experiences of combat. For instance some soldiers who had bayoneted other soldiers in their face developed hysterical tics of their own facial muscles and stomach cramps came in men who wounded their rivals in the stomach. By the end of the war the army had dealt with approximately 80,000 cases of shell shock. At first Soldiers who endured shell shock were seen as weak or cowards. Countless soldiers were treated…show more content… For instance some soldiers who had bayoneted other soldiers in their face developed hysterical tics of their own facial muscles and stomach cramps came in men who wounded their rivals in the stomach. By the end of the war the army had dealt with approximately 80,000 cases of shell shock. At first Soldiers who endured shell shock were seen as weak or cowards. Countless soldiers were treated in mental asylums. The trenches were futile because it forced young soldiers to have to suffer emotional trauma. In WW1 Shell shock, or post- traumatic stress disorder, was common throughout the First World War, but not entirely understood until afterwards. Soldiers underwent symptoms such as anxiety, nightmares, nervous ticks, and deliriously reliving experiences of combat. For instance some soldiers who had bayoneted other soldiers in their face developed hysterical tics of their own facial muscles and stomach cramps came in men who wounded their rivals in the stomach. By the end of the war the army had dealt with approximately 80,000 cases of shell shock. At first Soldiers who endured shell shock were seen as weak or cowards. Countless soldiers were treated in mental