They touch you without your permission. And they can look at you and inside you if they want which is such an invasion. They can do anything they want to you at any time. Plus, I always feel nervous even when I’m perfectly innocent. Additionally, even if there was no risk of further humiliation and trauma and maybe jail which would cause trauma, there is literally a crowd of people that I cannot get away from. So many noises and smells and I have no control over any of it. I have to respond the right way or ill get hurt again by power hungry assholes.
It also pisses me off that its entirely unnecessary, and doesnt do any good. They have been tested so many times and get about 10% of what they screen for. Not to mention, you literally cant stop terrorism. It would be very easy to be a terrorist, if one wanted to. People generally dont want to
Lucky you, you dont have to deal with this I guess? For many of us, this is very traumatic. At least a third of my experiences with the TSA have given me night terrors for ages. Still get some. Mind you, I barely go on the plane. Maybe part of the trouble is I’m 17 but have looked and acted much older to other people. But I dont see how that changes much. My mother has this whole thing where she was molested on a train so we never took the train but I just did for the first time and it was so great. People were much less threatening and I didn’t have any panic attacks , or at least bad ones.