This article presents narratives of Dr. Rami Bou Khalil, who has witnessed and survived major traumatic war events in SyriLooking at this endless list of horrible stories from a psychiatrist’s perspective, author see only patients suffering from what their profession calls posttraumatic stress disorder. It is a disorder with well-described symptoms and therapeutic options. These patients manifest symptoms that justify the wide array of treatment modalities the author offers' to them, but he is left with a terrible feeling that this management is somehow wanting. All that has been shattered in these patients’ lives cannot be mended by the small treatment that they can offer.