coping with post-traumatic stress theme
A character copes with a mental disorder that can develop after a person is exposed to a traumatic event.
Examples
Super soldier Roga Danar suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after having served in the Angosian military in tng3x11 "The Hunted".
57 total · 7 choice · 28 major · 21 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf1x08 | choice | Sinclair struggled with memories of his time in the war, waking up in cold sweats. |
| bbf3x13 | choice | McIntyre adopted the Arthur persona |
| ds97x10 | choice | Nog's condition was due to his memories and fear of the war |
| movie: It (1990) | choice | when seen as an allegory for coping with traumatic experiences in childhood |
| movie: The Deer Hunter (1978) | choice | Each of the three friends Mike, Nick, and Steven dealt with in different ways the trauma inflicted on them while fighting in Vietnam. Mike kept himself together but returned to his hometown with a new respect for life, as demonstrated by his showing mercy on a deer that he could well have shot dead. Nick descended into utter madness. Steven, who'd lost both legs, retreated from his family and fell into depression. |
| tng5x11 | choice | Timothy :: Timothy coped with being the lone survivor of the Vico disaster |
| voy4x06 | choice | Seven with her assimilation by the Borg as a child |
| ahp1x01 | major | Elsa was somewhere between neurotic and catatonic after her assault. |
| ahp6x32 | major | The story is about the traumatized Second World War veteran Gerald Clark and how he goes into kill mode whenever a gun is pointed at him. |
| ahp7x07 | major | Julie was traumatized after being assaulted by a home invader, who the view is led to believe was almost certainly not her own husband. |