To better analyze this story, it is first important to understand what PTSD, short for post-traumatic stress disorder, really means. The exact definition is: “an anxiety disorder that may develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which serious physical harm occurs or is threatened” (Psychologytoday). Embedded in this tale are clear symptoms that Seymour, the main character, experiences. They endure a lack of interest, difficulty concentrating, eating disorders, desperation, episodes of detachment, altered perception and, above all, the feeling of having no future. A Perfect Day for Bananafish is based on this man Seymour Glass, who is a returning veteran. since World War II. He comes home to a wife who has little understanding or even lack of interest in his well-being. He finds himself alone and strangely different from the man he was. The reasoning behind this is that he now suffers from what is now commonly known as post-traumatic stress disorder. Yet, towards the end of World War II this disorder was not well known, perhaps not even fully discovered yet. However, I am strong ...