This has been a focus of mine for over a year. I want an end to all this.

I printed this out for my therapist so we could discuss it. Last week-end I hit rock bottom again after a retreat week end where I was told there is no cure. It took me a week to re-frame again. Here is the result.

PTSD never will go away BUT the symptoms will. Unless triggered I can live without the symptoms and try to avoid any triggers. Once triggered it is how I respond to them that will determine the outcome.

My therapist had a good point about this discussion.

PTSD is not a medical disease that can be cured. It is a mental disorder. This discussion is applying the disorder to two models - physical disease and mental disorder. We can work on the mental disorder but it is not a medical condition that can be treated and removed from our bodies with anti-biotics or chemicals. He stated the only cureable mental diseases are schitsophrenia and bipolar disorder because they are chemical imbalances. The rest can only be managed by trained adaptation.

I think he is right.