Acute stress disorder or acute stress reaction is a psychological condition that occurs in response to an extremely traumatic stressor. This usually last a minimum of 2 days to a maximum of 4 weeks and must occur within 4 weeks of the trauma. If symptoms are present for longer than 4 weeks the diagnosis is changed to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Symptoms experienced are similar to PTSD and include numbness or detachment and decreased or absent emotional responsiveness. Derealization, depersonalization and inability to recall the traumatic event.
When Col. John Jacob Astor IV went down on the Titanic, at age 48, he left behind a pregnant widow, Madeleine Force Astor, who was 19 years old; a daughter, Alice who was ten, and his son Vincent who was just turning 21.
Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic, died in 2009. She had been only two months old when the ship sank. GETTY. Around 1,500 people lost their lives with only around 700 people surviving the tragedy. Mary Eliza Compton was the oldest person to escape the ship. She was 64 at the time and her son died in the Titanic tragedy. Where is the wreck of the Titanic? The wreckage of the ocean liner lies some 12,600 feet (3.84 km) underwater in the North Atlantic Ocean.