The “Big March” General Hospital promo shows Cameron, having fallen asleep in his clothes, appearing to wake up from a nightmare. Post-traumatic stress disorder doesn’t only happen to war veterans, it can happen to anyone who has lived through a traumatic situation in their lives.
Nightmares are a common occurrence and flashbacks can be as well, if a person is triggered – although many times rather than hallucinations, as are so commonly used in television shows and movies, panic attacks or emotional outbursts are more common, especially in teenagers.
Trina, for instance, may panic from hearing a car backfire or not be able to watch certain movies or television programs involving violence, and that could be true for Cam as well. It doesn’t seem that either one of them is going to push down and forget what happened, but that usually is more prone to happen with younger children in a crisis than it is with
Trina will have grief compounded into her aftermath and Cameron may blame himself for not being able to prevent it. Cameron has already regretted not trying to fight but he was one teenage boy against several of Cyrus Renault’s (Jeff Kober) goons and should not be blaming herself.
He also regrets busting loose and running, which is when Trina’s father, retired Lieutenant Marcus Taggert (Réal Andrews) was shot in front of her. But, realistically, there was nothing either of the teens could have done to prevent the outcomes. Cameron did restrain Trina from running back into the melee, which could have gotten both of them killed and would not have really done anything except getting in the way of Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) and Curtis Ashford (Donnell Turner) as they were taking down the bad guys!
Franco Baldwin (Roger Howarth) may be a huge source of help and understanding for both teens as they work through their trauma and potential PTSD. Even though Franco’s trauma happened as a small child and it was of a different sort, he can still truly empathize and understand. They are a little too old for art therapy, which is usually done with younger children but therapy will definitely be needed.
Trina may find relief in expressing herself through art, however, since she has an interest in it. Cameron has had two traumatic incidents within the last one year period, but the shootout by far was the most traumatic, while Trina is of course traumatized by both the shooting and the death of her father!
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