Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
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PTSD is like ...

 ... piloting a BattleMech.  This is a brilliant metaphor that will make sense to many gamers.  Remember that once the systems have overheated, it takes time  to cool down to a functional level again.  This is useful if you or someone you know has PTSD or any related condition.
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ysabetwordsmith

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ysabetwordsmith

September 19 2014, 07:15:22 UTC 6 years ago

>> The one place it falls apart for me as written is the triggering, because in BattleTech, having someone else's actions substantially raise your heat value is very rare, and having them do it without putting their own heat value through the roof even more so. <<

Think of it like this ...

* In BattleTech, someone makes a threatening move.
* You shoot at them.
* This raises your temperature.

* In PTSD, someone says or does something, or something happens in the environment, which makes you feel threatened. (You may or may not actually be in physical or psychological danger.)
* You deploy coping skills to deal with this. (They may be positive or negative, depending how far along in the healing process you are, but they all use energy in an attempt to keep yourself alive/safe.)
* This raises your temperature.