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Why trauma accommodations feel like impositions to others

I have PTSD and loud sudden noises make me panic, but when I ask people to warn me before slamming doors or shouting they act like I am being controlling.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The invisible nature of psychological injury makes reasonable requests for safety appear like unreasonable demands for special treatment.

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