Making sense of DM's behavior

Coming from someone with PTSD and also trauma growing up. Her reaction makes a lot of sense to me. I got in a terrible car accident few years back and flipped my car numerous times…when I came to I realized that I was in extreme shock and had been sitting there upside down long enough for an ambulance and fire truck to show up…I’d been sitting there for a long while before I even realized I had even been in a wreck. Then I proceeded to think “man where is my phone” while I scrambled around on the inside roof of my car on top of broken glass…I was “worried about my phone”. Illogical thinking. Shock is soooo real. I couldn’t even tell anyone my moms phone number because I couldn’t speak for like 30 mins after.

Also, I was in sorority/fraternity scene in college and lived in a few different party houses. It is not out of the ordinary to hear weird noises…and not think “okay maybe I should shut my door & mind my business or even think f**k that” or think you are just hearing things especially after also being wasted/high. I lived with a guy who ended up being diagnosed with mental illness later but he would talk to himself in his room and I would peek in and see him arguing with invisible people… and thought…yep that’s freaking me out so I’m gonna go lock myself in my room…which I did. I never once called cops. I just hid out until morning. I mean I hid in the bottom of my closet in college one night drunk & paranoid until someone found me…because of triggered trauma. These are all normal reactions of a young 20-something college kid with a possible history of PTSD or just in severe shock. On her VSCO she had a screenshot of a text message from her dad that said he “was trying to get back into her life and be a better dad” so presumably a harder upbringing…which is a lot of times associated with some form of trauma. Just some thoughts.

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