Trigger Warning: Mention of PTSD and some events readers may find triggering.

I hate it.
I hate it more than you could possibly imagine.
I hate it when you raise your voice.

I understand that you don't know what I've been through.
I understand that you think it's no big deal.
But it is.

I don't know how to describe it to someone who has never gone through what I have.
But long story short it scares the shit out of me.

When you raise you voice-
Even the slightest bit-
It sends me back there

It sends me back to that scared little kid trying to sleep at night, who knows that her "dad" is yelling at her mom.

It sends me back to being at my grandparents house, when he pulled a gun on my grandpa after getting drunk, and they had to call the police.

It sends me back to not knowing if her "dad" is safe to be around, at the young age of 6, maybe even 5.

So yeah, I guess you could say I get "emotional" when you yell.