The girls are reunited after being estranged for a year by a mysterious, anonymous figure, “A”, who threatens not only to expose their secrets, but hurt the ones they love. This show is drama filled and puts a large emphasis on the mental illness, PTSD, as the girls suffer many traumatic events. PTSD forms after being exposed to a traumatic event, such as war, torture, physical or sexual assault or natural disasters (Rosenbaum). However, in Pretty Little Liars, only extremely violent experiences caused the girls to suffer PTSD, such as the kidnapping. Though, smaller threatening events, such as when Aria was locked up in a casket with a dead body, or when the girls were locked up in a freezer and a pottery kiln to die, or when they witnessed physical abuse, they came out mentally and emotionally unscathed. This does not portray PTSD correctly as a study conducted proved that PTSD occurs when there is any serious threat to life, physical integrity, seeing others be killed or injured or see news about a violent death of a loved one among other reasons (Breslau, Davis, Andreski, 1995). Furthermore, these
The girls are reunited after being estranged for a year by a mysterious, anonymous figure, “A”, who threatens not only to expose their secrets, but hurt the ones they love. This show is drama filled and puts a large emphasis on the mental illness, PTSD, as the girls suffer many traumatic events. PTSD forms after being exposed to a traumatic event, such as war, torture, physical or sexual assault or natural disasters (Rosenbaum). However, in Pretty Little Liars, only extremely violent experiences caused the girls to suffer PTSD, such as the kidnapping. Though, smaller threatening events, such as when Aria was locked up in a casket with a dead body, or when the girls were locked up in a freezer and a pottery kiln to die, or when they witnessed physical abuse, they came out mentally and emotionally unscathed. This does not portray PTSD correctly as a study conducted proved that PTSD occurs when there is any serious threat to life, physical integrity, seeing others be killed or injured or see news about a violent death of a loved one among other reasons (Breslau, Davis, Andreski, 1995). Furthermore, these