Trauma Olympics: Panem Edition
Therapist: Welcome, everyone! Let's start with how the Games have effected us. Haymitch? Haymitch: Sure. I cope by drinking, insulting people, and aggressively mentoring trauma survivors. Haymitch: It’s going great. Katniss: I volunteer as emotionally unavailable. Peeta: *quietly* I bake to cope, paint to remember, and occasionally lose track of which memories are real. Peeta: Also, I might still be programmed to strangle Katniss. Peeta: So, you know… progress. Gale: I turned my anger into blueprints. Some of them exploded. Therapist: Okay, that’s... intense. And who’s—*looks at the door*. Wait… who invited him? President Snow (entering, smug): I brought white roses and centuries of oppression. Thought I’d sit in. Therapist: *sighs* This is not what I meant by “facing your past.”
