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When you’re having a panic attack and do not want to be touched, few things are more upsetting than somebody forcibly giving you affection. All it shows is that yet another person doesn’t acknowledge your basic human right to consent. If she asks you to hold her, by all means, hold her, but if she says “please don’t touch me,” listen.
Samantha Escobar (How to Sleep Next to Someone with PTSD)