But it's also a gift for those who otherwise might have PTSD. Pluses and minuses, always.

Yes! I've always accredited it to my ability to "let go of the past" (moral inference here), but I think you're right. I was getting to know a new friend and had said "Nothing bad has ever happened to me ". We were talking about trauma, and as I told her some about my life she said, "that sounds traumatic to me", but it never felt that way. Now I think it's about the lack of visual context with the memory. BTW, I just discovered all this a couple days ago, thanks to a comment on a podcast.

But it's also a gift for those who otherwise might have PTSD. Pluses and minuses, always.

Yes! I've always accredited it to my ability to "let go of the past" (moral inference here), but I think you're right. I was getting to know a new friend and had said "Nothing bad has ever happened to me ". We were talking about trauma, and as I told her some about my life she said, "that sounds traumatic to me", but it never felt that way. Now I think it's about the lack of visual context with the memory. BTW, I just discovered all this a couple days ago, thanks to a comment on a podcast.