Sunday, May 10, 2020

Cole has PTSD

I have a theory that in the eleventh season of Ninjago, Cole develops PTSD. In this post, I will give my reasons for believing this. First, I'll define PTSD.

Definition

Post-traumatic stress disorder
Also called: PTSD
A disorder in which a person has difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event.

And I would say Cole (and the rest of the Ninja for that matter) have experienced a terrifying event. Seeing Zane disappear at the hand of a firey humanoid snake sorcerous and being blasted himself into another realm to lose the Travelers Tea due to the Land Bounty (and almost him and all his friends) falling off a cliff, that is terrifying. 

Cole has experienced a terrifying event. But does he show the symptoms of PTSD?

Symptoms

General symptoms include:

  • Re-experiencing the trauma through intrusive distressing recollections of the event, flashbacks, and nightmares.
  • Emotional numbness and avoidance of places, people, and activities that are reminders of the trauma.
  • Increased arousal such as difficulty sleeping and concentrating, feeling jumpy, and being easily irritated and angered.
Also, a symptom of PTSD in children is reenacting the terrifying event through play.

Cole has shown these symptoms:

  • Re-experiencing the trauma through intrusive distressing recollections of the event, flashbacks, and nightmares.Cole had a nightmare of losing the Travelers Tea in the toppling Land Bounty
  • Emotional numbness and avoidance of places, people, and activities that are reminders of the trauma. - Did not show this symptom
  • Increased arousal such as difficulty sleeping and concentrating, feeling jumpy, and being easily irritated and angered. - Cole blew up at the other Ninja after having his dream.
Also, a symptom of PTSD in children is reenacting the terrifying event through play. - Cole put on a puppet show (of sorts) reenacting the story of Zane being blasted into the Never Realm.

Therefore, I can conclude that Cole has PTSD. The only thing that doesn't match up is that PTDS symptoms usually appear months after the event, while Cole's symptoms appeared shortly after the trauma happened.

Thanks for coming along with me!! Good day, fangirls and boys. GOODNIGHT

Information about PTSD came from The Anxiety and Depression Association of America, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Google. 

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