Interesting that this topic has come up since I am reading a book about using both sides of your brain. I've always thought that I was heavily in the Right side category, but after taking numerous tests in this book, I have found that I'm right in the middle. Which, according to the author, is where you want to be. It makes me wonder what I would be before I was diagnosed with PTSD. I think suffering from PTSD has made me use the left side of my brain to analyze and learn about my symptoms and ptsd to conquer the emotional effects. In doing so, as Evie mentioned, I became much less artistic. In fact, if I do go into that realm of creativity (the zone, I call it), I get melancholy and depressed. Because of this, I rarely do any art at all that might use expression as the main emphasis. I feel as if I'm wasting a gift that was given. Maybe this will be my own personal indicator when I'm "cured" of ptsd.....

Talking about being "cured". I believed that ptsd was curable for a long time until I started to think how much I have changed my life in order to live more stress free. Although it may sound depressing to have to handle ptsd for the rest of your life, please remember that the intensity of the symptoms will ease dramatically. You will be able to function in normal activities. The only part of ptsd that seems to stick with me is depression and I'm beginning to think that maybe it's not ptsd related. It just compounded my ptsd at it's worst. I believe that ptsd can not only be lived with, but will fade in the background. When stress levels get high, ptsd will shine is lovely face again to get things back to equilibrium. I guess that's what we are all striving for: Balance.