TRAUMA: The Silent Echoes
Some will hear of trauma and cannot help but interpret it passively as a buzzword thrown around on socials, a friend of a friend randomly saying something about being traumatized, a Gen Z lingua. They genuinely cannot relate to the idea of being shaken by an unfortunate event, hence, they lack clue on how to act around people traumatized. To others, it has become a lifestyle laced with panic attacks, anxiety, constantly living in fear, having to sleep with an open eye, the urge to watch over ones shoulder, popping random pills to stay calm, being startled at the slightest noise, increased pace on narrow lonely paths, flashbacks, sweaty palm, conflicting loud scream in the head. It was not always like this, never in your widest imagination did you envisage explaining your Innocence to the mob. You looked with eyes filled with unspoken plea, to tell them, to convince them that it was a bad joke, a prank gone wrong. Deep down, they know, they believed, he's not capable of that, but i...