Li Yifei listened without expression on his face. War syndrome, also known as veteran syndrome, is a condition that ordinary people simply cannot understand. But during his years in the military, he had seen many promising soldiers rendered useless, forced to retire early due to a sudden outbreak of mental illness.
Typically, mild symptoms include muscle soreness, physical discomfort, mild depression, and mild obsessive-compulsive disorder. Severe cases can lead to hallucinations, hearing voices, imagining enemies, thinking they're still on the battlefield, and displaying aggression, even killing those around them unconsciously.
Transforming from a soldier into a killing lunatic makes one feared, and also pitied.
But generally, those who suffer from this illness have experienced brutal wars or performed tasks in dangerous places for long periods, putting their nerves under extreme tension.
