#post traumatic

[thoughtless-kitty]

Was verdammt stimmt nur nicht mit mir

[spookietrex]

I'm so thankful that my therapist encourages me to write letters to my abusers, even if I'll never send them.

[feelingsofaithless]

Happy 6th anniversary, Post Traumatic!

[addie7]

Post Traumatic

[dearest-stardust]

i get tackled by the grief at times that i would least expect i know what i should be doing when i'm singing but instead we'll be playing through a song and i'll remember in my head sometimes, sometimes you don't say goodbye once you say goodbye over and over and over again over and over and over again and all i wanted was to get a little bit of closure and every step i took, i looked and wasn't any closer 'cause sometimes when you say goodbye, yeah, you say it over and over and over and over

[alanangels]

This is EXTREMELY disrespectful to Chester.

The fact they used AI for a song on Mike's Post Traumatic album- an album about Chester's DEATH-is even MORE fucked up.

[supersonicanimates]

i got some swag today

[newtonsheffield]

I’m so glad Post Traumatic is getting an update in the new year, i’ve missed them

It’s past time we checked in with what happened after Kate’s accident.

[ansu-gurleht]

sometimes, sometimes you don't say goodbye once you say goodbye over and over and over again over and over and over again sometimes, sometimes you don't say goodbye once you say goodbye over and over and over again over and over and over again

[iridescentmind]

“ ‘Cause I’m tired of the fear that I can’t control this;

I’m tired of feelin’ like every next step’s hopeless;

I’m tired of bein’ scared what I build might break apart.

I don’t wanna know the end, all I want is a place to start. “

Mike Shinoda - Place To Start

[thoughtless-kitty]

Ich habe mein ganzes Leben über gelernt, dass ich nichts wert bin und nichts Gutes verdient habe.

Klar kann ich niemandem glauben der mir das Gegenteil erzählt.

[spookietrex]

"It is everyone's business to recognize child abuse. We have to help those that cannot help themselves."

[feelingsofaithless]

They say take it slow But the world keeps spinning And that I don’t control

[addie7]

30 minutes ago...

[theboardwalkbody]

Mike Shinoda's album Post-Traumatic would absolutely destroy Carmy and Richie.

It was after Chester's suicide, a lot of songs are about his feelings regarding the loss and the effects of how people talk to him about stuff and how it effects his career. It's about his grief and his anger and his frustration and his uncertainty towards the future.

Over Again is obvious. Probably the main one. It's directly about finding out he's gone, about playing a show/going back to work without him, about how people keep asking him if he's OK and how he's obviously not and being asked constantly is frustrating. It's about the grief coming back out of nowhere. It's about not finding closure. It's about saying goodbye repeatedly.

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Sometimes, sometimes you don't say goodbye once

You say goodbye over and over and over again

Over and over and over again

--

But I think about what I'm supposed to do and I don't know

'Cause I think about not doing it the same way as before

And it makes me wanna puke my fucking guts out on the floor

--

I get tackled by the grief at times that I would least expect

--

"How do you feel, how you doing, how'd the show go?"

Am I insane to say the truth is that I don't know

My body aches heads spinning this is all wrong

I almost lost it in middle of a couple songs

And everybody that I talk to is like, "wow

Must be really hard to figure out what to do now"

Well thank you genius, you think it'll be a challenge

Only my life's work hanging in the fucking balance

And all I wanted was to get a little bit of closure

And every step I took I looked and wasn't any closer

'Cause sometimes when you say goodbye, yeah, you say it

Over and over and over and over...

_______

There's Place to Start which is definitely about feeling lost without him.

--

Did somebody else define me

Can I put the past behind me

Do I even have a decision

Feeling like I'm living in a story already written

--

Cause I'm tired of the fear that I can't control this

I'm tired of feeling like every next step's hopeless

_____

Hold It Together, focusing on feeling like your not in control anymore and trying to not break apart. Also, there's a line here I feel hits really hard in relation to Richie, what with him having a kid as well. So also kinda about people bringing it up at inappropriate times and not thinking about what they're asking and if it's an appropriate time or place.

---

She said "are you okay?"

And I'm staring into space

It's making her nervous 'cause one thing is certain

I don't have my head on straight

--

I have to admit that I'm struggling

They say take it slow

But the world keeps spinning

And that I don't control

And so there I go

Trying to act normal

So they won't know that

I'm just trying to hold my shit together

---

They say that they sympathize

I'm grateful they take the time

But bringing it up at this six year old's birthday

It kinda fucks up my vibe

We end on an awkward note

I make the most awkward joke

Too dark to be funny

I shouldn't have come it'd be weird to go home

And I'm struggling

___

Plus the rest of the album has really good points, too.

Like About You taking about how even when the topic isn't about him it seems to always circle back around to him either by people bringing him up, jumping to that conclusion, or because of the grief or memories popping in. Crossing A Line being about how moving on and continuing to live life in a way that makes sense for himself is going to get people saying he's crossing a line and not upset over what happened or that he's over it and how that's not true.

I think Richie would vibe with the album. Carmy, I think, would run from it like a house on fire.

Richie doesn't seem to mind facing his emotions. Carmy runs from them and especially runs from topics that remind him of his brother and this would hit way too on the head for him to deal with ATM (they're music tastes aside since it's never been mentioned really, I don't think).