-Diseases such as typhus were passed around due to the poor conditions of the trenches, since there were not enough medical care to go around, many died from diseases acquired by the poor conditions

-Boredom was also a huge factor as well. When there was no fighting going on, there was nothing to do other than little tasks, so soldiers found themselves very bored.

-Each soldier also lived with the constant fear that the next person killed could be them, or that maybe a sniper had their targets set on them at that moment..

Conditions continued