I agree with you, in that there are thousands out there that do not want to look at the truth, they don't want to admit or even know they have an illness that has no cure yet.... instead they drink, smoke, drugs, workaholism, and a long list of methods to distract themselves from coming through denial to what is factual, realistic and commonsense. Unfortunately, the facts are, you cannot help someone who doesn't acknowledge the facts themselves. This forum pushes people out of denial, it does it extremely well actually, and it works every single time. People become honest with themselves, and with that honesty they can then realistically go forward towards the hope of getting back into society acknowledging their illness for what it is. If you do not acknowledge the restrictions PTSD places upon you, then you will never manage it well, because you will continue to perform destructive behaviours or patterns, all of which only come back and feed PTSD itself.

This is why there is no cure just yet... but I will never say to someone not to believe one exists... two different statements being made there. If a person comes on this forum and attempts to give advice that is not fact, realistic or commonsense, then I will edit that type of advice because it does not help the other person who seeks the help to begin with. If a person said to another, "well, PTSD isn't curable, however; science is certainly moving towards that direction quite rapidly, but when... who knows? The best thing though is that PTSD can be managed, trauma can be healed, which means you can get back into life, simply you will have to make a few lifestyle changes to manage your stressor intake, but otherwise, you can participate in life again without aggressive symptoms." That is the combination of facts, realistic expectation and commonsense. Three all very good things.

Big difference in that statement of honesty and truth, compared to just: "oh yer, PTSD can be cured." Like, where is the science to back that one up? Doesn't exist just yet.... I am not in the business of lying to people, don't like people telling me lies either. This forum is very much based on honesty, integrity, truthfulness, fact, realistic expectations, known methods, commonsense, and much more. All positives actually, not negatives. If we lied to one another though to tell each other what we wanted to hear, that is a negative actually, not a positive.

I completely understand some people who just don't want to hear the truth, they don't want to accept the truth, they would rather look at beliefs or the like, though beliefs are not always realistic. You play a very dangerous game with PTSD, in that if you set a goal too high for a sufferer and they don't meet it, they feel a failure and they actually do go backwards, as self esteem is a major issue with trauma, hence with PTSD. If you set realistic goals, realistic expectations, and people do it at an individual level, not a collective or my level, then people meet their goals more readily, because healing trauma cannot be gauged collectively, it can only be gauged individually. You cannot apply a time to it either, as every person heals differently. Some quickly, some slowly, some just never really want to heal as they are happy being ill.

This forum has a lot of scope for movement, but I do strictly enforce some things here. I don't want to be debating things constantly, but new members come here with agenda's, some come here with questions, many of which have been seen or discussed here already and can be searched. Those members then make their decision to say or go based on that.

Now this isn't about you.... if you look at Waif, Waif came here attempting to post links to their project / website about healing and curing PTSD... though were edited from their posting and warned. The end of the day, that is an agenda. Waif is working with people attempting to tell them PTSD is curable, Waif attempted to market their project and website here. I removed it all, as I do not allow links or marketing here. Topics like this are created, another person taking something and off on a tangent. Waif mentions their doctor is off telling the world how curable PTSD is. Well, good for them, agenda once again. If PTSD is so curable, then why isn't Waif cured? It is Waif who is stating it is curable.... atleast LRS came here cured, and I have discussed in much detail off this forum with LRS to learn. I back LRS and have encouraged physicians to test the theory whether ambidexterity actually does reverse the balance PTSD takes, as that is what ambidexterity does to the brain, it causes a chemical imbalance, and possibly one may counter the other, which worked for LRS as LRS states. Is that a cure though? One person, NO. What it is though is a good start in a direction other than trying to reinvent medication and techniques all of which are not presenting a cure. That was a completely different course to be researched.... not regurgitated nonsense that we see here week in, week out.

There is a difference, and the forum does serve good overall for the benefit of members. Yes, straight shooting, to the point, no soft approach, but it works best for PTSD, it truly does. If it didn't, this forum wouldn't have so much active interest from physicians looking for ways to help their patients beyond what they know already, because its not working... this forum though does piece together a lot of practicable solutions that when combined are presenting effective results, not a cure, but effective results that providing the sufferer doesn't expose themselves too high daily stressors, they will actually function quite well with very little symptomatic issue day to day.

Spiritofnow, I think your doing the best thing for yourself just by being here. Yes, I am open to being questioned, but some things are just knowns based on fact, and until that changes, I only endorse facts in relation to a cure.