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.
The photograph was taken by the chief steward of the liner Prinz Adalbert on the morning of April 15, 1912. The Titanic, which struck an iceberg at 11.40 p.m. ship's time on April 14, sank just over two hours later with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. The crew of the Hamburg America Line liner was unaware of the terrible event when they saw the iceberg, according to the document.