It is, yes - but it always fades in time. It can take a long time, depending on how bad it was and how...close you were to it, I guess? The difference between something happening to you and something happening to someone you were close to, and the further difference between something happening to someone you were close to and just seeing something happen to a stranger. Things like that tend to change how long it might take, but after a while...
[He trails off for a moment; he twitches a bit, his eyes sliding closed, but he manages to keep his voice even.]
Humans are designed to forget things. It's just how we work; if we remembered everything we ever experienced, we would go insane.
Even if you never forget what happened, you'll forget the details someday. Forgetting the details makes it bearable, and over time it makes the...associations, like rain, less painful. It's why nightmares change, too - I'm going to guess your dreams have changed over those four years, and that's probably why.
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[He trails off for a moment; he twitches a bit, his eyes sliding closed, but he manages to keep his voice even.]
Humans are designed to forget things. It's just how we work; if we remembered everything we ever experienced, we would go insane.
Even if you never forget what happened, you'll forget the details someday. Forgetting the details makes it bearable, and over time it makes the...associations, like rain, less painful. It's why nightmares change, too - I'm going to guess your dreams have changed over those four years, and that's probably why.