[Raynor]

Tolkien experienced a good deal of the horrors of the war, as noted in his biography, such as decaying bodies, horribly torn, with dreadful eyes with other delicacies, such as rats, on top. I was surprised to see the extent to which he suffered from disease and disability during the war. According to the Hammond and Scull Chronology, on 27th of October 1916, in Beauval, her reports sick with a temperature of 39 degrees. Up until 16th of November he goes through 5 hospitals, and afterwards, up to 15th of July 1919, when he is discharged, he goes through (as I counted) no less than 20 medical check ups. Over the course of almost three years, he has experienced trench fever, repeated attacks of high fever, headaches, debility and pain in the arms and legs, weakness, poor appetite, "20 to 100 percent unfit", gastritis, etc. In 11th of November he is informed by the Ministry of Pensions that he eligible for the maximum disabled rate. This long torture of diseases, combined with loss of friends to the shrapnells or influenza must have affected him deeply during this period, when he starts writing poems, The fall of Gondolin, essays on elvish language, Of Turin or Ainulindale, which represent some of the most important pillars of Silmarillion, the one work that will defines his creations and permeates even LotR. Though, like Lal, I haven't found direct evidence of ptsd, he did experience a lot of traumas, phisical or otherwise, which have affected his sensibility and art.