Many of us have PTSD from this movie and the Cold War!
I watched it aged 12 with my cousins whilst staying at a relatives house. The adults were out.
X-Gen 80s kids have legitimately recognised PTSD from the Cold War.
The fear pressed into us by the media was horrific. It was everywhere. Discussion of the horrors of nuclear war were unavoidable and terrifying. Impossible for children’s brains to understand.
Every time I heard a jet go overhead I thought it was a nuclear bomb.
Many of us have PTSD from this movie and the Cold War!
I watched it aged 12 with my cousins whilst staying at a relatives house. The adults were out.
X-Gen 80s kids have legitimately recognised PTSD from the Cold War.
The fear pressed into us by the media was horrific. It was everywhere. Discussion of the horrors of nuclear war were unavoidable and terrifying. Impossible for children’s brains to understand.
Every time I heard a jet go overhead I thought it was a nuclear bomb.