some things never go away....
Jun. 1st, 2008 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauraanne_gilmanWatching the footage of the Universal Studios fire, and a small plane flies into view -- either a news plane or a fire-control vehicle, tough to tell. Mainly because I had to get up and walk away.
I no longer flinch when planes fly low overhead. I don't feel my heart race when sirens sound too close, unexpectedly. I can even watch footage of disasters without more than the normal amount of they-are-me empathy (and likewise for movies in which NYC gets stomped on). But footage of planes flying into what I perceive as danger? So very very very no.
I suspect Therapist would say that this is normal and not to be worried about. Scars remain, and we function perfectly well around them. But it took me by surprise, as these things often do...
I no longer flinch when planes fly low overhead. I don't feel my heart race when sirens sound too close, unexpectedly. I can even watch footage of disasters without more than the normal amount of they-are-me empathy (and likewise for movies in which NYC gets stomped on). But footage of planes flying into what I perceive as danger? So very very very no.
I suspect Therapist would say that this is normal and not to be worried about. Scars remain, and we function perfectly well around them. But it took me by surprise, as these things often do...
