Do any of y’all ever get like aftershock memories of your trauma? Like I knew x, y and z was bad but oh shit, turns out That Thing was also terrible. Yay.
Tag: trauma
Your periodic reminder that in people who have been subject to threats and punishment for having emotional responses or ‘inappropriate’ facial expressions, panic attacks look different.
They may look like the person has become calmer and less involved, dismissive, even. Some people become intensely subservient and silent. Some become catatonic.
Panic doesn’t always involve screaming, crying, and obvious signs of distress. It involves an extreme form of the person’s fear response – which can be altered by circumstance, ability, and what they’ve learnt to fear.
Which is to say, it’s not your place to decide someone isn’t having a panic attack, when they’ve told you that’s what’s happening.
Yes, absolutely this. I get quiet and withdrawn when I’m having a panic attack. A quiet panic attack is still a panic attack.
my boss/teacher/co-workers/friends: wow, you’re really great at staying calm under pressure in such a stressful environment. How do you do it??
my traumatised ass: it’s my natural habitat
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