Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30966312-20190227042749/@comment-4010415-20190304224044

1. PTSD, like many mental illnesses, has its good days and bad days. Meaning, some days your PTSD doesn't affect you quite as badly as it does on other days.

2. With PTSD, as well as other mental illnesses that react to stimuli, you are less affected if you are prepared for the stimulus that sets it off.

This is why military veterans who have PTSD that can be set off by something that sounds like gunfire will either leave town during the week of July 4th or put signs in their yard that politely request that neighbors let them know if they're going to set off fireworks on a night other than July 4th. The veteran expects fireworks on July 4th, but not on July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, etc. In essence, the veteran is asking for a trigger warning.

And yes, that's why some people want things to be labeled with trigger warnings. It's not so they can perpetually hide away from the things that set off their trauma or their mental illness because they want to be coddled in a cushioned room. It's so they can mentally prepare themselves to face the stimulus that affects them. If the stimulus comes up when they're not expecting it, the fact that it's a surprise affects them more heavily.

Basically, Yang knew that she was about to face danger, and she may have figured out ahead of time that it could be Adam.