Explicit expressions are frequently the most detailed account of what things are and what they represent. For example, trauma is not shared as a narrative with a clinician, from the beginning, middle, and end, but is described as horrifying memories that return without warning. The return of these emotional triggers makes it challenging to manage a panic attack or lessen the depression because the mind controls all of those emotional setbacks. As you attempt to mend pieces of your life after the fact, it is proof positive that PTSD is an ongoing series of traumatizing episodes.
To further explain the effects of trauma, I liken it to someone receiving third-degree burns all over their body, where the skin is burned to the bone. The victim suffers in pain and hysteria, and perhaps, if physically able, runs around frantically screaming for help. When the pain becomes too severe, the victim collapses into a state of unconsciousness but winds up surviving. However, survival comes with a price, resulting in countless operations, skin grafting, and physical and psychological assessments to bring the mind back in touch with the body, hopefully. As I reflect on these events, I can compare them to Richard Pryor’s incident and Michael Jackson’s. Both were severely physically and emotionally tormented after these incidents and paid with their lives over time, and the follow-up was painkillers of all kinds.
For this to happen, time is the common denominator. During this time, the subconscious mind works overtime to seal your fate as your body’s burning stays with you forever. Every destructive emotion that you can conjure is identified, and each of those emotions is deepened within your subconscious. The victim of this tragedy winds up being predisposed to every eventual incident, solidifying a life of discomfort, guilt, and shame. Walking in the shoes of a trauma victim of this caliber registers as a dysfunctional human being not worthy of any particular treatment. As the puzzle of confusion mounts, getting your life back is tough. Once trauma has been registered in your mind as a tenant, getting rid of it becomes difficult. It will take years to even learn to accept the fate of ‘cluttered’ thoughts and misfortune.