attackfish

Well, I'm reading Dies the Fire by S M Stirling right now, and it necessarily deals with PTSD and similar mental reactions to seeing your world fall apart and having to kill people. But your post especially reminded me of a side character we just met who had his foot cut off because he was captured by cannibals. When the main characters find him they're like, "oh my god, you're a doctor! you better not die on us! we need you!" They're not like "oh my god, you had your foot cut off!" Because the doctor part is waaaay more important than his foot.