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Originally Posted by Utrommaniac
I'm really surprised Don doesn't have a little more post-traumatic stress after his near-death experience.
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Not everyone experiences ASD and PTSD instantaneously following a traumatic event. Some people actually go weeks, months, even years without suffering any adverse effects of the traumatic experience. For some the only sign of an adverse effect is maybe the person in question going quiet or becoming more reclusive on the date of the event.
Say for example if you were in a car accident on April 30, and you continued to live your life as though nothing happened. But every following April 30 you suddenly don't want to go anywhere near a car.
Other people, they need experience or witness an event that triggers the traumatic stress.
Say, for example, you are shot in the shoulder. You go through the physical therapy and make a recovery. But then one day you hear a car backfire or you see someone that looks like they are carrying a firearm and that triggers the stress disorder.
In Donnie's case, it depends on the situation or event.
For 2k3 Donnie after he is turned back from being a feral minded monster. Despite his brothers telling him about what happened, he claims he doesn't remember. This means two things, he either does not remember like he said. Or he doesn't remember because he doesn't want to remember.
2k12 Donnie also has a number of near deaths and one actual death. There is no aftermath or revisit of that either. However in Heart of Evil Donnie is out for Vizioso's blood to the point of jeopardizing the mission. Yet, Donnie hasn't vowed vengeance on any of the people involved with any of his near deaths, nor has he held a grudge against April for his actual death. So what made Vizioso different. The reason for that is Splinter. Splinter was murdered before the very eyes of his sons by the Shredder. The Shredder has been defeated, but Donnie still knows Vizioso is gunning for mutants. So he wanted to take out Vizioso before he was a threat because he was afraid of seeing someone else he loved being taken from him.
IDW Donnie- they haven't had PTSD symptoms with him yet regarding the events of issue 44. They do hint that he is subconsciously affected by the event, but he hasn't had a full break down as of yet.