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ELI5 Can animals get PTSD ?
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Yes. Abused animals can react in a specific way to the stimuli of the abuse. They can also mistake stimuli that is not related to the abuse as a sign of the abuse. I.E a car backfiring might be mistaken for a crack of a whip.

I used to ride horses and the one did not want you standing behind it. Irrespective of who you were because it was sexually abused. It would kick and buck at anyone that got too close. We had to be really careful with it when taking it out to train because of it.