"It is different for everyone. Post-traumatic stress differs from a normal response to trauma in that instead of slowly improving, you begin to feel worse over time. But it doesn't have to be that way. I can help you, and so can Miss Frost. But you have to be willing to open up to us in order to do that, Megan," Hank said. He was as kind as he could be, under the circumstances.
"I will have you physically healed in no time, but as to the other scars... that may take time, given what you endured," he said. He adjusted his reading glasses, which had slipped down the bridge of his nose, and regarded her question concerning the symptoms of PSTD. "There are three types of symptoms one can experience with PSTD. The first involves re-experiencing the traumatic event, so that can be anything from upsetting memories, flashbacks, and frightening nightmares to intense distress whenever you're reminded of the event. Wanting to throw up or find the nearest exit whenever something reminds of it, for example. Does any of that sound familiar to you?"