#wheel of time books spoilers
Throughout the course of the Wheel of Time, Rand al'Thor is consistently gaslit into believing his trauma isn’t real/or overblown by everyone around him and that all his PTSD symptoms are a result of the Taint. This in turn is the reason why he is unable to process any of his trauma, which leads to him believing his symptoms are a sign of personal weakness and causing him to hide them in this essay I will
There’s also the thing where he’s constantly in a mental health crisis and everyone around him just…. let’s it happen
The only person who gives him advice how to deal with stuff is Lan - too bad it’s shit advice.
