My main character grows up in a futuristic society. His family was the ruling class, but he was starved, tortured, emotionally neglected, etc.
Some of the milder examples include being left alone all day as an infant and being called a "freak of nature". There are far worse things that go on, but I'd rather not type them here, just in case it does trigger any users.
It culminates in his father forcing him to kill a young girl (the MC refuses, but his brother whom he idolizes before this murders the girl anyway), beating him badly enough to give him a severe concussion, then leaving him, barely conscious, in the middle of a radioactive wasteland.
Of course the character is going to have PTSD after being rescued, but does anyone have tips on how to write--or NOT write--the symptoms accurately? Any other relevant advice/insight is welcome, too.
Edited to add: The character also has Asperger's syndrome, I think. (I've been implying it, but I'm ultimately undecided on that point.)
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