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.
âDonât worry. Iâm good at being alone. Iâve been alone for a long time.â
âI donât need your pity.â
âLook, everyone is just better off without me, okay?â
âItâs not a âtriggerâ! I donât have âtriggersâ! Thereâs nothing wrong with me! Iâm perfectly normal!â
âIt was my fault. I should have known better.â
âAs soon as you see what a mess I really am, youâll leave. Just like everyone else.â
âItâs not a big deal. It wasnât that bad.â
âThereâs something wrong with me. Thereâs something wrong inside my head.â
âIâm not the easiest person to talk to, or be around. Itâs⊠hard for other people to love me. I get that.â
âWhy are you still here?! Why wonât you just leave?! Why wonât you just leave me like everyone else?!â
âThat wasnât a panic attack. I donât have panic attacks.â
âI donât know whatâs going on with me, but⊠I donât think this is normal.â
âI canât stop remembering it. I canât stop dreaming about it. I canât even stop thinking about it.â
âPTSD? Oh, come on, give me a little credit! Iâm tougher than that!â
âI donât need to see a shrink! Iâm not crazy!â
âIâm just so scared itâs going to happen again.â
âWhatâs wrong with me? Why didnât they love me? Why wasnât I good enough for them?â
âI knew I shouldnât have trusted them. I got what I deserved.â
âIf you knew the kind of person I really am, you wouldnât be here right now.â
âHow can you even stand to be around me? How do you not hate me?â
âI donât know whatâs wrong with me. I donât know why I get like this. I just see [trigger], and I totally freeze up. I canât help it.â
âIâm supposed to be stronger than this!â