These confessionals with superheroes and villains in this excerpt from DC Comics Heroes in Crisis are a great read. They struggle with PTSD, addiction, and mental health issues. Here’s a short description of this comic series:
There’s a new kind of crisis threatening the heroes of the DC Universe. Ripped from real-world headlines by CIA-operative turned comics writer Tom King; How does a superhero handle PTSD?
Welcome to Sanctuary, an ultra-secret hospital for superheroes who’ve been traumatized by crime-fighting and cosmic combat. But something goes inexplicably wrong when many patients wind up dead, with two well-known operators as the prime suspects: Harley Quinn and Booster Gold! It’s up to the DC Trinity of Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman to investigate. But can they get the job done in the face of overwhelming opposition?
Superstar comics writer and former CIA operative Tom King (Batman, Mister Miracle) examines the potential long-lasting effects of saving the world in this groundbreaking new graphic novel with jaw-dropping art from the team of Clay Mann and Lee Weeks!
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Source: Heroes in Crisis by Tom King and Clay Mann
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Dr. Harleen Quinzel has a PhD in psychology. There’s no way she doesn’t believe in trauma being real or that it’s all in someone’s head as a delusion. Especially as a victim of both parental and domestic abuse, herself. She may have a screw loose, but that doesn’t mean the whole machine has stopped working.
Dr. Harleen Quinzel has a PhD in psychology. There’s absolutely no way she would say, let alone believe, that trauma isn’t real or is just in someone’s delusional mind. Especially as a victim of both parental and domestic abuse, herself. She may have a screw or two loose, but that doesn’t mean the machine has completely stopped working.
It’s called denial.
denial is a bitch of a thing.