If anybody wants to talk about this my DMs are open.

Acute Stress and Trauma combined with isolation is a recipe for PTSD. This is preventable.

Talk to your friends, get excercise, breath deep, and eat well. Get rest. Ask a witch for some herbs. https://twitter.com/AuntyCarpetWeed/status/1320471774732189697

experiencing a numbed emotional state followed by depression or anxiety?

The dopamine you've been using to stay alert and fight pain can't last for ever.

Serotonin can't do its job giving you a sense of well being when your always on guard so your cortisol levels remain high

The CORTISOL is going to be fucking with your sleep and your metabolism. Does your body just ache after months of activism? That's cortisol.

Fortunately we can be proactive, manage cortisol better, and lower the chances of ourselves and our comrades developing PTSD.

The following are ways to reduce high cortisol levels.

1.Exercise every single day.
2.Get a good night’s sleep.
3.Learn relaxation techniques.
4.Maintain healthy relationships.
5.Maintain a healthy diet.
6.Avoid coffee. Drink tea.
7.Spend time outdoors
8.Avoid alcohol.

What I've left off that list is:

AVOID stressful situations.

This is the hardest part, but it's for the best that you take a break from time to time to unwind especially after a particularly stressful event.

Take a bath. Walk in the park. Call an old friend. Chill.

The alternative is a dopamine and cortisol cocktail causing brain fog, periods of numbness, bouts of anxiety, depression, and more. That brain fog is your frontal lobe and hippocampus struggling to keep up when you need a break.
Give your brain a chance to recover.

If the notion that your entire physical and emotional reality can be described by a few simple neurotransmitters sounds like an oversimplication - that's because it IS.

The content in this thread is a first draft. "The traumatized brain users manual" is a work in progress.