Do you want to know how PTSD works? Mother Nature gives us an example.
Leif BerswedenDavid Attenborough Club recently posted on FB on how Holly’s leaves change shape if nibbled by deer – edges of “unstressed” leaves have oval shape but if “traumatized” they fold into spikes protecting a plant from being attacked again.
Anger, aggression, bullying, risky behavior, isolation, dissociation, unstable attachment, and substance abuse are the behaviors which – similarly to spikes on Holly – are meant to protect a traumatized person from being hurt again.