So, I’m currently watching Captain America: The First Avenger and I paused the screen where Steve is trying to get into the army for the first time. I’ve seen this before but I’ve never read the whole list and I’m very curious what “nervous trouble of any sort” is supposed to mean.
According to the notes/explanation in the US Army manual, it seems to be psychological. The example in the appendix is “nervous trouble due to job pressure, cleared up when quit job”
Granted, this is an obstetric manual, but I imagine the definitions used are the same.
Since sometimes my brain goes “I need to find the source” I did a bit of research and i found this pdf document titled “Report on Preliminary Mental Health Screenings for Individuals Becoming
Members of the Armed Forces” dated 2016 that report nervous trouble of any sort as“(anxiety or panic attacks) including trouble sleeping,
depression or excessive worry, evaluation or treatment for a mental condition, counseling of
any type, suicide attempts, and use of illegal drugs or abuse or prescription drugs.”
So yes, at the very least we have proof that Steve had anxiety
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