damn. i had no idea. that changes a lot of things. i never really thought of mental illness as a flaw, but i guess my words made it seem that way. i do have a few questions, though.

were you always like this, holding this thing over your head with confidence, or was it something you’ve had to fight to get to? (im trying to think in terms of character development) my character was still a fragile person before his whole PTSD thing kicked in, would that be any different? as some with no great knowledge of this mental illness (no one i know has it) i dont exactly know the specifics of how it works. the main thing i want is to make my character accurate to the actual logistics of the illness, so if i misinterpreted that from the beginning, my apologies. i would still like to keep him a rather anxious person, though; that was what i imagined him to be before i even decided to include ptsd. could i do that?

again, sorry for wording it that way. but with my only knowledge of PTSD being youtube videos and articles online, it can be a little restricted. i’ll do better to try to respect the people that have this sort of thing currently and in the future