I’m finally watching The Boys and I’m on ep 4 of the 1st season 😛 LONG ASSSSS rant
I really like how they show PTSD and dissociation with hughie or however u spell his name. Bc I personally think it’s really accurate to how ptsd feels like sometimes:
A sudden trigger and you freeze, everything around you goes blank, and you’re back in that moment for just a few seconds before you snap back. I like how they recently portrayed it when he was bowling and the strike of the ball and pins sent him into dissociation, bc of the explosion from last episode
Bc a lot of times I see ptsd shown as like…freaking out, screaming, whatever. And yes, it can definitely be like that! However, it can also just be dissociating. And people just…won’t know you’re currently having flashbacks because you ‘blank out’ for a sec.
I’ve experienced somth recently related to gun shots outside my house (everyone is fine from what I know). and for the first night, I couldn’t even sleep in my room bc I was in my room when it happened. I remember some asshole down the street was setting off fireworks, and I remember freezing or jumping off the couch in fear. Then my heart was racing and I was shaking, and I was back in that moment.
Anyways…I just wanted to appreciate how they portray that in the show :> might be meaningless to some ppl or whatever but I think it’s nice. I also just badly needed to rant abt ts bc I’m not sure a whole lot of ppl gaf when I told them. Like it was just another gossip story to them and not somth that genuinely affected me. Orrr idk they thought I was being dramatic
BUT ANYWAY BYEEE
















