Beginning of Hour One

Is PTSD Contagious?

• How can something that is non-viral or non-bacterial be contagious?
• Possibly the signs of PTSD can be passed from one person to another, but I do not know if contagious is the right word.
• Very controversial statement and there can be arguments for and against it.
• Does this statement mean all PTSD symptoms? I do not think it can include flashbacks if someone was never in war.

“Brannan Vines has never been to war. But she’s got a warrior’s skills”

• What exactly are warrior skills?
• How did she acquire these skills?
• Who is Brannan Vines?

“hyperawareness, hypervigilance, adrenaline-sharp quick-scanning for danger, for triggers. Super stimuli-sensitive. Skills on the battlefield”

• These are skills that most average people do not need.
• How did she even become that way if she has never been to war?
• Hyperawareness and hypervigilence could also be signs of paranoia.

“Her nose starts running she’s so pissed, and there she is standing in a CVS, snotty and deaf with rage”

• Maybe being sick is making her angry?
• Most people do not like waiting in lines, but being full of rage is extreme.
• Something else is making her full of rage. Just waiting in line at the CVS is not something that usually makes people very upset.
• Perhaps her home life?
• Is a runny nose a sign of stress?

End of Hour One