You know, I think we keep forgetting how traumatizing Jason Todd's death and resurrection actually were. In fandom discourse and even in the comics themselves you often see the argument of "Jason is not the only one that has died" as if his reaction to it was somehow disproportionate compared to others that have died and come back.
There is one major difference though between Jason and say Damian or Dick. Jason didn't just die, he lost his life. He lost everything. He returned to life with absolutely nothing. Even his memory and sense of self were taken from him at first. By the time he regained any amount of consciousness he discovered a world that not only moved on without him but wiped any proof of his existence.
Genuinely, think about that for a moment.
That's more than just "he got beat with a crowbar and couldn't get over it". That is a level of existential dread that is often used in horror media to break people, and he experienced it at 15 years old (arguably younger if you discount the questionable death certificate). Yes, his response was violent, intense, and subjectively unjustifiable, but can we at least agree that it was understandable for a child to react drastically to something that reality shattering?
The fact that he regained any amount of who he was before is a fucking feat and a half, and I'm tired of people acting like it isn't.
