i've had people treat hitting one of my PTSD triggers as a really bad thing to do. and like, it might be in the general case? i sure don't want to drop someone else deep in a flashback
but in my specific case, i can just turn the flashback off, so seeing someone get really guilty over it feels odd. like, if i wanted to not be in a flashback i would simply not be in it
@whitequark That sounds quite refreshing, actually. My "PTSD" (I put it in quotes because my psychiatrist/therapist seem to avoid labeling/diagnosing that for me) can trigger relatively easily. The feelings can manifest irl as heavy anxiety/depression and transfer into my dreams, or vice versa, and can last hours. This self-experience would probably cause me to act very apologetic if I sparked a trigger for someone else.
@jc yeah i mean it's experientially nightmarish for me too
it's just that i can generally fix it anytime. sometimes i just end up back in the same hole but even that is usually fixable somewhat