DEALING WITH TRAUMA : STARTERS
a collection of dialogue prompts for muses with heavy baggage. content warning for mentions of mental illness, ableist language, and victim-blaming. change & alter as needed.
“Don’t worry. I’m good at being alone. I’ve been alone for a long time.”
“I don’t need your pity.”
“Look, everyone is just better off without me, okay?”
“It’s not a ‘trigger’! I don’t have ‘triggers’! There’s nothing wrong with me! I’m perfectly normal!”
“It was my fault. I should have known better.”
“As soon as you see what a mess I really am, you’ll leave. Just like everyone else.”
“It’s not a big deal. It wasn’t that bad.”
“There’s something wrong with me. There’s something wrong inside my head.”
“I’m not the easiest person to talk to, or be around. It’s… hard for other people to love me. I get that.”
“Why are you still here?! Why won’t you just leave?! Why won’t you just leave me like everyone else?!”
“That wasn’t a panic attack. I don’t have panic attacks.”
“I don’t know what’s going on with me, but… I don’t think this is normal.”
“I can’t stop remembering it. I can’t stop dreaming about it. I can’t even stop thinking about it.”
“PTSD? Oh, come on, give me a little credit! I’m tougher than that!”
“I don’t need to see a shrink! I’m not crazy!”
“I’m just so scared it’s going to happen again.”
“What’s wrong with me? Why didn’t they love me? Why wasn’t I good enough for them?”
“I knew I shouldn’t have trusted them. I got what I deserved.”
“If you knew the kind of person I really am, you wouldn’t be here right now.”
“How can you even stand to be around me? How do you not hate me?”
“I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I don’t know why I get like this. I just see [trigger], and I totally freeze up. I can’t help it.”
“I’m supposed to be stronger than this!”










