Talk:Steven Universe (character)/@comment-31542733-20180224052905

Here comes a thought.

Ok, bad pun. So while I was reading Steven's relationship with Connie and found that I totally missed a line that made my heart break is when Steven said: "I love you." So I'm reading the rest of it (and thinking about Pearl's amazing art skills) when I stumble across this.

"It also stated in the podcast that Connie is helping him cope with the recent events since he was on Homeworld."

Maybe Steven has PTSD? I don't think it would be out of line considering things that he shouldn't have had to go through (getting thrown into space for who knows how long, watching Garnet get destabilized right in front of his eyes -the scene was banned in some countries-. I could go on and on)

Logically, I don't think he could get away with those kinds of events without a mental "scar" so to say.

I think most likely it would be Acute stress disorder and/or depression. He does show over half of the symptoms that you could see from watching. While not gaining or losing weight and not knowing all his thoughts from our point of view, We do see things such as some mood swings and sadness. We also see things such as "excessive crying" though sometimes it is unrelated to past experience...

Case in point. Let me know what you think!