We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's needed to do the job. By any proper civilized standard (but what does that mean now?) we are objects of horror. But our nerves are completely steady. And we are still alive. Pat Barker
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The quote, “We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's needed to do the job.” is a statement to all the doctors working in the hospital at that time who were struggling to treat soldiers who were suffering from shellshock. At the time, there was no technology to be used to help with these cases, so they had to rely on their own resources. The quote suggests that despite what patients were going through they still kept their head in the game and did their job.

Source: The Ghost Road

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