okay wait. so. cardassian memory means they experience their past and present simultaneously (source: a stitch in time)
so would cardassians Have PSTD? like, for them, the trauma is ongoing and constant. Garak is constantly On Tzenketh when the walls cave in on him which is one of the catalysts for his claustrophobia (supposedly)
would there be a difference in trauma response? how do any of them live their lives when theyre constantly having the cardassian equivalent to flashbacks? or was he Lying in the book....
