PTSD is comorbid with many other conditions, as it puts enormous strain on the brain and body.

I have fibromyalgia, for instance.

But dealing with PTSD unassisted also is one of the single biggest factors underlying addiction.

Living in a PTSD brain hurts. Drugs numb the pain.

Trauma, especially trauma that produces PTSD symptoms, is neurodivergence.

It changes your brain. It changes the way you perceive of and interact with the world around you.

If you think you're frustrated with someone else's PTSD - shut up, think about their feelings, and don't put that on them.

technically, CPTSD and PTSD are different clinical diagnostic criteria. this is hotly debated.

my take is this: fuck the DSM and ACAB includes your psychiatrist

People with PTSD are abandoned and neglected, told we are "too difficult" and "asking too much" at every turn in our lives.

I am so tired of no one caring about PTSD unless they are using it as a talking point to drum up support for the death machine, while ignoring everyone who suffers from it.

The last thing I will say here is this -- do NOT involve police when someone is having a flashback. DO NOT DO IT.

People with PTSD are murdered at disproportionate rates by cops in a society where cops are given zero meaningful mental health training and told to shoot first in order to go home.

Triggers for PTSD are severe.

They feel like you are dying, without exaggeration, because your brain believes you are, on a neurological and chemical and experiential level.

"lol triggered" is an insult beyond imagining and I do not forgive those who mock me and my suffering that way.

Those with PTSD are quick to anger. It is a defensive response.

When you feel, physically and mentally, like you are in mortal danger at all times, it is so difficult to restrain the impulse to defend yourself from perceived threats.

My brain truly and legitimately believes that I am in physical danger most of the time.

On a chemical level, I have flooded my system with adrenaline and cortisol for over a decade.

It is dehabilitating.

Those with PTSD seem jumpy, flighty, distracted, paranoid, etc

That is because our brains rarely, if ever, flip out of "fight or flight" mode.

So instead we do our best in this world not to panic.

Revolution is intentional. It considers the cost and a need for a better thing and not just destroying the bad thing.

These are things you consider when your mindset is about the collective. Molotov cocktails do not a revolution make. It’s conversation, mutual aid, AND protest.

I worry that people are only gonna protest until they get what they need, then go back to sleep. But I’d rather them be in a place where we can show them why sustained resistance matters than rebuff them because we’re tired, even if rightly so.

Sometimes, you gotta pick your battles. This is one.