Rich stands there in his arms, perfectly comfortable with spending a moment there.
"I hate to say it but probably. The upside is it's never going to be as bad as it was, like when I first got the memories back. Going nearly catatonic like that was the whole acute stress reaction thing. A psychotic break. What it is now is PTSD. So...flashbacks, paranoia, hyper-vigilance, nightmares, that kind of stuff. Like you see in combat vets."
Which...he was one, but the war hadn't caused that for him, not quite.
"Certain things might trip it off and it's probably going to be hell trying to sleep at night but I might still be able to function. Mostly. S'just...probably going to get pretty unpleasant."
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"I hate to say it but probably. The upside is it's never going to be as bad as it was, like when I first got the memories back. Going nearly catatonic like that was the whole acute stress reaction thing. A psychotic break. What it is now is PTSD. So...flashbacks, paranoia, hyper-vigilance, nightmares, that kind of stuff. Like you see in combat vets."
Which...he was one, but the war hadn't caused that for him, not quite.
"Certain things might trip it off and it's probably going to be hell trying to sleep at night but I might still be able to function. Mostly. S'just...probably going to get pretty unpleasant."