Thalian
Scribe
I am writing a post-apocalyptic short story where the main character believes (I'm not sure if he is or is not either) he is the last remaining human on earth. In short, the world had a catastrophe, blah blah blah, he watched all of his loved-ones die and everyone else die, including his dog, and the world is a wasteland, yet he still lives. Your basic "last human alive" stuff.
The character has suicidal thoughts but still continues on, and he puts himself into potentially dangerous situations (going into cities - threat of there being people there who will kill him), and instead of being scared of these situations he goes into them numb, thinking that if he has human contact and is killed, at least he had the human contact and would be glad to be dead. He does not have recurring and terrifying flashbacks of the catastrophe, though the past is revealed in flashbacks gradually, so these "flashback scenes" could be traumatizing flashbacks. Obviously he misses his loved ones, and it is the search to find out if his girlfriend is dead or not (she left on a plane the day the world started to end and all communication ended), even though he realizes she is dead, he is still uncertain.
I believe that is everything that could help diagnose this character. I just want to know what he would "have" so I can research it and do it properly. PTSD seems like the obvious answer, but it does not seem to put it all together.
I appreciate any and all help, and I thank-you before hand!
The character has suicidal thoughts but still continues on, and he puts himself into potentially dangerous situations (going into cities - threat of there being people there who will kill him), and instead of being scared of these situations he goes into them numb, thinking that if he has human contact and is killed, at least he had the human contact and would be glad to be dead. He does not have recurring and terrifying flashbacks of the catastrophe, though the past is revealed in flashbacks gradually, so these "flashback scenes" could be traumatizing flashbacks. Obviously he misses his loved ones, and it is the search to find out if his girlfriend is dead or not (she left on a plane the day the world started to end and all communication ended), even though he realizes she is dead, he is still uncertain.
I believe that is everything that could help diagnose this character. I just want to know what he would "have" so I can research it and do it properly. PTSD seems like the obvious answer, but it does not seem to put it all together.
I appreciate any and all help, and I thank-you before hand!