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Seeing more of that inane ‘character A must go through long term therapy or they aren’t addressing their trauma’ BS around, so here goes.

Everybody’s different? Every single person or character is different. No two are going to react the same way to bad shit and no two are going to have the exact same needs in the aftermath.

Everyone is going to have aftereffects from going through something terrible, but what those look like depends on the individual. Whether they develop PTSD or not is unique to that individual and can’t really be predicted. Anyone can develop PTSD after a traumatic event, there are no qualifiers for it, but not everyone does.

How people react to Traumatic Bad Shit in their lives depends on their life experiences and situations, personality, the culture they’re from, their age, you name it. It’s not about whether the trauma was ‘severe enough’ or whether that persona was ‘strong or weak’. Everybody’s different.

Everyone is different, so someone addressing their trauma can look very different and still be addressing it.

There’s no long-term therapy or bust rule. That just isn’t how trauma works in the real world.

Sometimes addressing the trauma is time with a therapist. Sometimes that’s a long time. Sometimes its a couple sessions to get somebody started on the right track. Sometimes that’s simply time to confide in a friend. Sometimes that’s a break from routine. Sometimes its adding something new into your routine that allows you to cope. Sometimes that’s group meetings. Sometimes its just having enough time for real introspection and understanding yourself.

No one of these things is more superior to the other. There’s also no expiration date for pursuing any of them. That is why it is so important to listen to the individual in your life who might be going through something, whether you think what they’re doing is ‘best practices’ or not. It just needs to work for them to get to being their best self.

If you’ve put the effort into your characterization, your characters are unique. Someone with a deep-seated mistrust of therapists probably isn’t going to benefit as much from traditional western talk therapy even if you think they ‘should’. Someone who goes to therapy and stops doesn’t have to be written as a failure or like their loved ones failed them by not ‘making them’ continue. Etc, etc, etc.

Everyone has different needs to recover and move on after a trauma. If you aren’t leaving room for that reality in your fiction or your personal life, it’s really time to take a step back and reevaluate.

#verbiage #writing reference #characterization reference #human psychology #get that western pop psychology bullshit outta my face #thats not how they teach about this stuff in psych programs and its not how reality works #if you're going to complain about media buying into stupid psychology stereotypes #because they are fucking stupid #then don't perpetuate others???#the deep blue sea of hypocrisy

Recommended Raphael Fics

I got this idea from conversations I had with friends. I want to try doing this for all of the turtles, and I welcome recs from you guys if you have any fav fics that match your headcanons for them.

First up is a list of fics I admire for their unique portrayals and interpretations of Raph. They may not always be Raph-centric, but they explore different aspects of his personality and ultimately prove there are a lot more layers to his character than just the “angry hot-head”. For example, if he is angry at something, the fic will reveal the deeper, legitimate reasons for it. These fics are insightful and inspiring; sometimes even influencing my own perceptions I have for him. Perhaps they may do the same for you. ;)

I will try my best not to give away major spoilers as I explain the character traits used in these stories.

Enjoy!

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