So I headcanon Kutner as having a PTSD symptom of, after severe nightmares from a trigger, waking up to go vomit.
In my previous analysis, I said that Kutner doesnât reach out to anyone or journal or do anything for his mental health after wh. He just stays home alone and watched tv and eats cereal.
But what if staying up, rather than going to sleep, is a coping mechanism? You canât have nausea-inducing nightmares if you didnât go to sleep in the first place.
Is this a super healthy way of dealing? Eh. But I really like the notion that Kutner has a lot of experience dealing with his trauma. Following things back to their source. Finding ways to cope.
I think we see some of that in Birthmarks. Kutner thinks her addiction stems from some trauma, which Taub dismisses twice (âshe feels sheâs been replaced. her siblings probably feel like she was hand-picked and they were accidents. weâve all got baggage from our parents.â / âyou donât want her addiction to be her faultâ). I wonder if this is why he chose to tell Thirteen about his past instead of his best friend.















