"Yeah?" He tilts his head thoughtfully as he listens to Bucky talk. Maybe he and the other Sam aren't that different, in the end. It's a good thought, to think that his other self is out there helping people, same as him. Sam's always thought that you don't have to be a superhero to save people - that sometimes the most important thing you can do is just be there when someone needs you. And it sounds like that's just what the other Sam did for Bucky. "Sounds like he just saw what was buried inside of you all along - maybe what you thought wasn't there anymore, after all those years of doing what you did."
And it makes him wonder if staying away from the other Bucky is really the best course of action. Maybe he needs someone who isn't Steve (or himself). But he'll give him some time, first.
"Combat fatigue, back in your day," Sam agrees with a nod. He'd assumed that Bucky would be up on the modern lingo, maybe incorrectly. "Lots of names for it over the years, and not near enough treatment for it." He's wondered sometimes if Steve might have it - knows that he and Bucky come from a society where you just didn't admit that kind of problem to anyone because it made you look cracked or, worse, like a coward. But that's not the problem he's dealing with right now, and he doesn't need to start spouting off World War II-era statistics he'd learned in college. "Might be similar to what he's going through, might not. Point is, I know something about psychological issues and coping mechanisms - how to deal with flashbacks and panic attacks, that sort of thing. They never go away, but you can learn about how to minimize the effect they have on you."
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And it makes him wonder if staying away from the other Bucky is really the best course of action. Maybe he needs someone who isn't Steve (or himself). But he'll give him some time, first.
"Combat fatigue, back in your day," Sam agrees with a nod. He'd assumed that Bucky would be up on the modern lingo, maybe incorrectly. "Lots of names for it over the years, and not near enough treatment for it." He's wondered sometimes if Steve might have it - knows that he and Bucky come from a society where you just didn't admit that kind of problem to anyone because it made you look cracked or, worse, like a coward. But that's not the problem he's dealing with right now, and he doesn't need to start spouting off World War II-era statistics he'd learned in college. "Might be similar to what he's going through, might not. Point is, I know something about psychological issues and coping mechanisms - how to deal with flashbacks and panic attacks, that sort of thing. They never go away, but you can learn about how to minimize the effect they have on you."