What PTSD Is

[ysabetwordsmith]

Here's a brilliant post about the kind of PTSD that builds slowly, a pervasive shift in worldview, rather than the kind that comes from a sudden major shock.  This is how it can form in people who aren't front-line soldiers but rather support crew, or cops, or people living in poverty or neglectful relationships.  

Now look at the part where it talks about society not being a safe place, everyone's out to get each other, no trustworthy connections, no safety net if something goes wrong, nobody to care if you live or die.  That's what we're making our world into every time we cut public services and support.  We're making it more like the place inside a PTSD sufferer's head.  "Every man for himself and devil take the hindmost" isn't a society.  It's madness.

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[baaing-tree.livejournal.com]

Some years I kept living out of sheer spite.

Hey, don't knock it if it works. I'm specifically making myself responsible for some things (including a webcomic) as a safeguard against suicide. For me, duty > everything.

--Rogan

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

>>Hey, don't knock it if it works.<<

Agreed. Do what works for you.

>> I'm specifically making myself responsible for some things (including a webcomic) as a safeguard against suicide. For me, duty > everything.
--Rogan <<

It's good to hear that you know how your mind works and can find solutions based on that. Yay for webcomics!

[aoifes_isle]

For me, it's having had to both piece together what made a friend check out in similar circumstances and deal with my own responses. Knowing that him doing that broke me so spectacularly ... unless I can guarantee I won't break someone else the same way, my damn sense of responsibility won't let me.

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[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

>>For me, it's having had to both piece together what made a friend check out in similar circumstances and deal with my own responses.<<

Useful comparison.

>> Knowing that him doing that broke me so spectacularly ... unless I can guarantee I won't break someone else the same way, my damn sense of responsibility won't let me. <<

I'm glad you're still here. Losing you wouldn't break me, and I wouldn't want anyone to feel trapped in an unbearable life on my account. But I'd miss you if you were gone.