Chapter 585 PTSD

"Tony, you're sweating a lot, and you suddenly fell silent just now, so I came to check on you." Pepper said a little worriedly. She felt that Tony's state just now was definitely not normal.

"Sweat?" Tony subconsciously raised his hand to wipe his forehead, and saw that his palm was instantly soaked with fine beads of sweat. He realized that he had inadvertently broken out in a cold sweat, and the impact of the thrilling crisis seemed to be continuing.

"I'm fine, Pepper, you go on with your work." Tony took out a tissue from the side and wiped it, then his face returned to its normal smile and he said to Pepper that he had previously left the matter of hosting the banquet to Pepper.

After seeing that Tony was not seriously injured, Pepper temporarily felt relieved and went on to deal with her own affairs.

After Pepper left, Tony realized that he was talking to Nick Fury before, so his thoughts returned to the unfinished call with Nick Fury. He quickly picked up the phone, confirmed that he was still on the call interface with Nick Fury, and then continued their conversation.

"Where were we talking about?" Tony asked.

"Tony, did your body have any impact on the battle between you and the dimensional demon? Were you injured in that battle?" After Tony asked, Nick Fury's voice on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, and then he spoke after a moment of silence.

"Injured? No, although the battle was fierce, I personally didn't suffer any damage." Tony said. Under the power of time reversal, no matter how serious the injuries they suffered in the battle, they would eventually recover to their original intact physical condition. Therefore, everyone in the temple did not suffer any injuries after this battle.

When Nick Fury heard these words, he nodded slightly, with a hint of understanding in his eyes.

After his previous questioning, Tony on the other side suddenly stopped talking. After Nick Fury tried a few words, the other side did not respond at all.

Then Nick Fury heard a small but rapid breathing sound coming from the phone, and he realized that Tony had some unexpected physical condition.

Just as Nick Fury was considering whether to send someone over to check it out, he heard a female voice coming from beside Tony. Nick Fury realized that Pepper was next to Tony, so he gave up his previous idea.

Later, in the conversation between Pepper and Tony, he also learned some things about what happened to Tony.

Based on Tony's various reactions, Nick Fury felt that he might be suffering from PTSD, the full name of which is post-traumatic stress disorder, a mental illness that is most common in some soldiers who have participated in wars or other people facing death threats and serious disasters.

After they face or suffer events including but not limited to war, disasters, severe violence, etc., they will suffer severe mental trauma in their hearts. In their daily lives thereafter, patients will recall this traumatic event in their minds after being triggered by certain specific conditions, and then a series of changes will occur.

Based on what he had just learned about Tony's situation from Pepper's conversation, Nick Fury speculated that Tony might be in the early stages of this symptom, that is, he had just developed the symptoms of PTSD.

The cause of the illness and the symptoms might be the conversation between him and Tony just now. In other words, something might have happened in this battle that shocked Tony extremely and caused mental trauma.

"Tony, as an adult, I believe you should know what is happening to you. If you need help, you can come to me anytime." Nick Fury said. He didn't expect that Tony, the genius, hadn't thought of anything he could think of, but he didn't say much, just gave some of his own suggestions. If Tony needed a doctor, he could also use his relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D. to help find the best advice.

"OK, I appreciate your kindness, but I think I'm okay." Tony shrugged and said, he knew something seemed to be wrong with him, but he thought it was just because of his fatigue after the battle, and he would be fine after a while.

In fact, in the original world line, Tony suffered from PTSD after the Battle of New York, when he personally sent a nuclear bomb into the space crack and almost failed to come out. Then after a series of events, Tony's symptoms developed into a more serious anxiety disorder after the time period of Iron Man 3.

Because of anxiety, Tony created and developed dozens of iron suits in a short period of time and almost built an iron legion. After experiencing some events and with the company of Pepper, his symptoms improved a lot.

Tony's symptoms at this time are similar to his previous ones, except that Tony did not suffer from this symptom in the Battle of New York, but became ill during this battle against the Celestials and various dimensional demons.

"Okay, Nick, everything is over anyway. There won't be any dimensional demon invasions on Earth in the future. I don't think you need to worry too much about this matter. As for the disappearance of time, can't you just let those guys calculate it again?" Tony was a little out of mood after what happened just now. He didn't want to continue the discussion, and his words carried some meaning of ending the conversation.

Nick Fury also understood what Tony meant. Although the other party said so, he could not tolerate the fact that such a huge event happened right under his nose and he knew nothing about it. Nick Fury tried to ask Tony for information.

But Tony once again made it clear that he didn't want to talk anymore, so Nick Fury had to give up.

"By the way, Tony, your party tonight, Natasha and the others..." Because he couldn't get any information from Tony, Nick Fury planned to see if he could let Black Widow and Hawkeye get some information, and the way was to attend the party Tony and the others were having tonight.

"How did you know? I never told you." Tony asked in confusion, and then he knew that Nick Fury must have used some means to monitor his information. After Coulson hacked into the system of his building, he specially strengthened the protection of Stark Tower, and it was impossible for SHIELD's technology to invade his system again.

However, Nick Fury may have learned the news that they were going to hold a banquet tonight through other channels from various information about the preparations for the banquet sent by Pepper.

"No, Nick. Even though Natasha and Barton are my friends, tonight's party is a private party and some friends don't like to meet strangers." Tony rejected Nick Fury's request. After all, the information about the Eternals and Kamar-Taj is still relatively confidential.