Mh thought
Okay so small child meltdowns while annoying are sympathetic, a child doesn’t conceptualize a longer term; for all they know this is the last cake pop ever, the only time they may ever get to see Grandpa, they’ll be overheated forever etc. If you have PTSD maybe why your upset can be childlike is that you like a literal child have no long term concept.
Mh thought
@Leucrotta yeah, it's something I've mentioned to my friends when talking about my niblings: "no really, this is probably literally one of the worst days of their life"
it seems so minor to us because by our points we've probably had more bad days in our lives than they have had _days_
re: Mh thought
@chimerror A while back I did math on how much 30 minutes of terrible experience is for an 8 and a 10 year old respectively. 30 minutes of real shit is about .7% of an 8 year old's life, about .5% of a 10 year old's life, about .2% of a 30 year old's life. That's *not* insignificant for an 8-10 year old just on sheer time, without counting intensity or anything else. 1.4% of my ENTIRE LIFE was the accident when it happened, and that was only the start of my troubles.
