Hi Sue,

Welcome aboard. It just never amazes me anymore the things that go on in this world to children. The lifelong effects I am seeing here is nothing short of astonishing. My wife and I "fockerize" our little one, so they grow up with love, not hatred, around them. That is from the movie, meet the fockers! We loved the term Dustin Hoffman used in that, we use the "focker" method raising Gaylord, being the lots of love method, compared to the Uber method being used on the other little fella.

Anyway, the good thing is, is that you have stepped beyond denial, are here for starters acknowledging you have PTSD, and are willing to help yourself. You really should give yourself a big pat on the back for just getting here and talking about the issues at hand that have given you PTSD. Well done, and congratulations. I know its not easy stepping up with PTSD, and all off us who have, are really doing ourselves are very large favour in getting ourselves a lot better, and trying to live some sort of semi-normal life again.

I imagine it was pretty tough for you standing at that sink at 15, wondering whether its easier to end it all, or fight through the emotions and feelings to live life with an illness, that I assume you didn't even realize you had at the time. Honestly, well done and congratulations to you. You are walking, talking, breathing proof that the strength of will to live is more powerful than anything this disorder can throw at us.