Great numbers of fliers began to experience one or more of the symptoms of emotional disintegration: insomnia, irritability, sudden temper flashes, inability to concentrate, withdrawal from friends, nausea, weight loss, dizziness, blurring of vision, heart palpitations, Parkinson-like tremors, sexual impotence and aggressiveness, binge drinking, and terrifying battle dreams, nightmares so alarmingly vivid that men screamed and shook, and a few of them fell out of their top bunks and shattered legs and arms.
