[Basic] Stress-related disadvantages

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Type 1 disads are not relevant to Flashbacks, Phantom Voices, or Berserk, except that stress is a great way to pick up Type 2 and Type 3 disads. Phobias, again, give you a chance to collect more Type 1 disads.

Sadly, GURPS-style Flashbacks are a potential symptom of severe PTSD. They can be directly caused by extreme emotional trauma, ditto for Split Personality (in the form of Disassociative Identity Disorder) and sometimes the conditions are linked. Phantom Voices isn't so likely, but auditory hallucinations where you believe you are hearing certain sounds are possible.

In GURPS terms, those traits might be taken with a triggering condition limitation. Normally, you're unaffected by your disadvantage, but in certain situations you're almost certain to be triggered.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Bad temper and (even more so) Berserk are really serious examples of type 3 (Berserk even more so than Bad Temper) - Bad Temper is an explosive personality, Berserk means you deal with some kinds of stress with a complete meltdown. Bad Temper + Berserk means you deal with just about everything with a complete meltdown.

Bad Temper isn't an unreasonable disadvantage for a "normal" person if its got a relatively high SCR. Intermittent Explosive Disorder and Episodic Dyscontrol Syndrome are probably best modeled by Bad Temper with a low SCR and/or Berserk.