Recent content by RoselynJ

*wry smile* I know they have trust issues, which is why that was the focus of the arc. Of letting the friend in. Eve lashes out at the suggestion it isn't her fault - she is not articulating it as anger, just a visceral reaction that her friend has no clue that in no way no how could it not be...

That is why I started with - it depends on what the arc of the story is. In Eves case, the story arc is trust - trusting her friend to hear her story. The Survivors Guilt, and repercussions of that guilt included being unwilling to tell her story, are a part of that arc - but not all of it. This...

I think the answer depends partially on how the scene takes place, when it takes place, and the Point of View of the person I am writing from. I will try and answer this in as much detail as I can without being explicit (so as not to write something which may trigger). In general, all of the...

Ronin, while Archive of Our Own is a good resource, it is mostly fan-fic, which is very different style to what I am writing. I am in a community of writers, but few have grappled with these themes - I'm hoping to do better. For now I am concentrating on the links and books so helpfully...

I am writing more than this story.

Joeylittle - thank you for those sources. I will get those from the library as well, and do the reading you suggest. Yes I am lacking on the PTSD side, because when I posted this question I had not thought my character would still be suffering from it - just the guilt as a lingering aspect...

I'm not going to quote things people tell me. She has told me something in that each flashback is different that I could never have learned otherwise. That is why it is valuable. I am not ignoring the pieces I did not directly quote in my responses.

This is valuable. Thank you for sharing it with me.

Thank you! I have put it on hold at the Library and will go pick it up today.

This is what I am trying to do, and why I am here. And, if I get far enough as to finish it, I would 100% ask (respectfully) for someone who understands to read it first to make sure I got it right. This is actually pretty close to what happens actually, which is why I came asking about guilt...

Everything you have written is very insightful and helpful. The reason I asked - rather than going off the clinical descriptions of the symptoms - is that those descriptions are (for want of a better word) sterile. For instance - flashbacks. Ok I can make a narrative about a flashback, but that...

I am deeply apologetic that I hit triggers, and clearly I have a lot to learn, wish is why I am here.

That is a very good point that I had not thought of. I will certainly follow that idea and do some more research on it. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

I will thank you.

Except that as I said I thought that would be entirely inappropriate and disrespectful.