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Re: PTSD

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, I think realistically people don't get "cured" from PTSD so much as they just come to live with their trauma in a way that's not so painful and debilitating anymore, and that looks different for everyone - but I'm not sure your recip is looking for utmost realism in that regard if they ask for recovery.

Personally I actively dislike any type of therapy fic, and "healing cock" fic is too unrealistic for me, but of course narratively these are the most common devices in fanfic for PTSD recovery. And if you want to emphasize the realism, then therapy probably has to feature into it at least in some ways ... if that is something your character would even realistically have access to.

If I had to write PTSD recovery fic, I would probably incorporate a mix of things like "time passing", "finding ways to make peace with your past" (in the sense of accepting the person your past has shaped you to be), finding personal fullfilment through new location/new job/new hobby/passion/calling, developing practical copying mechanisms and strategies to navigate triggering situations or memories (emotional support pet, hiking, meditation ...), and show that the character is happy/content where they are now in their life. But that's also because most characters I write either wouldn't go to therapy, or just don't have access to it (historical canon etc), so I'd focus on methods that DO help with recovery without making it explicity about therapeutic concepts.